#honkai star rail march 7th build

[wynterrolls]

【Honkai: Star Rail Build TLDR】

❆ March 7th

For Shielder Build (Recommended!)

Optimal Relic Set > 4pc Knight of Purity Palace > 2pc Belobog of the Architects

Shielder + Buffer Combo Relic Set (Estimated Total DEF = 2.9k to 3.8k+) > 4pc Knight of Purity Palace > 2pc Broken Keel

** Why Broken Keel on March 7th? Explained here.

Main Stats > Head = HP (constant) > Hand = ATK (constant) > Body = DEF% > Feet = SPD > Sphere = DEF% > Rope = DEF%

Sub Stats > DEF% or DEF > SPD

Things to Consider > Has freeze in Ultimate and Technique, but not worth it to build effect hit rate (EHR) for her. > Optional: Build her with 50.1% EHR to get the guaranteed Belobog set effect, if not using the Broken Keel set. > Without 50.1% EHR: Estimated Total DEF = 3k to 3.9k+ > With 50.1% EHR: Estimated Total DEF = 3.2k to 4.1k+ > Optional: Build her with at least 30% effect RES to get the crit dmg buff of Broken Keel set. Things to Remember > Her skill could cleanse/remove debuff from an ally. It is only available when you unlock her A2 trace - Purify.

Lightcones

* Lightcone list is from the HSR General Build. Link below in the post. (They did the calcs, so now we have the weapon rankings.)

Day One of My New Life (4☆) [S1]

Moment of Victory (5☆) [S1]

Texture of Memories (5☆) [S1]

Trend of the Universal Market (4☆) [S1]

This is Me! (4☆) [S1]

We Are Wildfire (4☆) [S5]

Amber (3☆) [S5]

Long Explanation Below

— For Shielder Build — The optimal relic set is what is most recommended by other people. Wherever you go, they'll say the same thing. Going full-DEF with SPD boots on M7 is the way to build her. This will ensure that she'll give the thickest shield to your ally. Her kit is both a con and a pro. Since her shield is in her skill, her shield can be used anytime and that she won't need to use ERR rope like most supports, but the downside is that she's SP-reliant, so it all boils down to skill point management. In exchange for the lesser DEF in the shielder+buffer combo set, you replaced it with the ATK buff for allies from the Fleet set, which means besides shielding your allies, M7 could also buff them. Add to the fact that if you end up getting her E6 (eidolon 6), she could be copium healer for the team, since the ally could heal a little % every turn if the ally is shielded with M7's skill. This makes her become a versatile unit - shielder, buffer (from the fleet set effect), and copium healer (with E6). Pretty nifty, right?

— Total Defense Calculation —

March 7th's Max Base DEF = 573 DEF +DEF% from traces = +22.5% DEF > from A2 = +5% DEF > from A5 = +7.5% DEF > from A6 = +10% DEF +DEF% from Relic Set > 2pc effect Knight of Purity Palace = +12% > 2pc effect Belobog of the Architects = 15% > 2pc effect Belobog set (with EHR 50% and above) = 15% +DEF% from Relic Pieces > each 5* DEF Main stat Relic piece = +54% DEF > each 5* DEF Sub stat Relic piece ⇢ Max relic lvl is +15. Every 3 levels, the substats are either enhanced or added. ⇢ Substat roll for DEF could be any of these three: 16.935 / 19.051877 / 21.168754 (Average = 19.05 DEF) ⇢ Substat roll for DEF% could be any of these three: 4.32%/4.86%/5.4% (Average = 4.86% DEF) ** In the calculation, I'm going to consider the average substat as a reflection of RNG pain. This would mean that the value that would come out of the computation would be on lower side and irl DEF values more than the estimated values are more likely to happen. Base DEF and +DEF% from Lightcones > Besides the 573 max DEF from M7, she could get additional base DEF from equipped lightcone. These base stats could vary from rarity, so to make my life easier, I'm just going to consider the current highest ranking LC for each rarity (not changing the calcs once newer LCs comes out in future tho) and not consider the DEF% passive of each lightcone cause I'm lazy and the LC passives are different from each other, which means not all LC gives additional DEF%. The LC ranking above was done by other people, so I'm pretty sure they already consider the LC passives in their calculations. ⇢ 5* lightcone = 595 DEF (from Moment of Victory) ⇢ 4* lightcone = 463 DEF (from Day One of My New Life) ⇢ 3* lightcone = 330 DEF (from Amber) Calculating Estimated Total DEF for Each Build > For shielder build (optimal set) ⇢ Using 5* LC = (573 + 595) * (1 + 0.225 + 0.12 + 0.15 + 0.54*3 + 0.0486*6) + 19.05 = 3997.96 DEF ⇢ Using 4* LC = (573 + 463) * (3.4066) + 19.05 = 3548.29 DEF ⇢ Using 3* LC = (573 + 330) * (3.4066) + 19.05 = 3095.21 DEF > For shielder build (optimal set with 50.1% EHR) ⇢ Using 5* LC = (573 + 595) * (1 + 0.225 + 0.12 + 0.15 + 0.15 + 0.54*3 + 0.0486*6) + 19.05 = 4173.16 DEF ⇢ Using 4* LC = (573 + 463) * (3.5566) + 19.05 = 3703.69 DEF ⇢ Using 3* LC = (573 + 330) * (3.5566) + 19.05 = 3230.66 DEF > For shielder build (shield + buff combo set) ⇢ Using 5* LC = (573 + 595) * (1 + 0.225 + 0.12 + 0.54*3 + 0.0486*6) + 19.05 = 3822.76 DEF ⇢ Using 4* LC = (573 + 463) * (3.2566) + 19.05 = 3392.89 DEF ⇢ Using 3* LC = (573 + 330) * (3.2566) + 19.05 = 2959.76 DEF

Sources

Relic Stats

Honkai: Star Rail General Build Guide

Belobog of the Architects

Knight of Purity Palace

Guoba's EHR Guarantees

DEF Calculation

March 7th Artwork

Uploaded on Patch 1.1

➥ Back to my HSR masterlist.

Update Log

07/20/2023 - Added the update log, artwork source, reformatted source list

07/27/2023 - Replaced the Fleet of Ageless set with Broken Keel set.

[starsandtulips]

welt with "the kids" headcanons. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

characters⟡ welt yang, stelle, march 7th, dan heng, (slight) himeko, (slight) pom pom, (mentioned) seele, (mentioned) luka

relationships⟡ none

cw⟡ reference to canonical character death in hi3

~ all three of them look up to welt in different ways

~ stelle appreciates his knowledge of the universe, especially when she woke up she understood almost nothing and it's nice to have someone to rely on to know things

~ dan heng admires his resilience and passion for adventure

~ march loves his stories and often takes little bits of her favorites to turn into backstories for herself

~ welt can be pretty quiet when not answering (mostly stelle's) questions, often staring into space

~ the only time the trailblaze trio see his eyes light up when talking is when he's discussing the shows he's worked on in his time as an animator

~ he has shown them all of the episodes of arahato that he can remember off of the top of his head (using his mimicry)

~ they are all big fans of arahato (even if dan heng doesn't show it)

~ welt has somehow been roped into promising to get/make them arahato merchandise to wear

~ stelle attempted to bring back a small piece of the engine of creation as a gift for welt but was told it had to stay on jarilo-vi

~ the trio has several running betting pools (that dan heng had to be coaxed into participating in) about welt

~ the betting pools that are currently ongoing include:

is arahato real? (stelle and march believe arahato is a real robot while dan heng thinks the show is fully fictional)

who can eat more spicy puffy mushrooms: mr. yang or stelle? (they're waiting to head back to belobog for this one to convince welt to do it and because members of wildfire, seele and luka, are also involved in the betting pool)

does mr. yang actually need his glasses? ("because he loses them so much on the Express!" march says, stelle and dan heng are confused on why someone would wear glasses without needing them)

~~some angst below!!!!~~

~ the only thing that is off limits to bet on is why he sometimes looks at himeko like he's looking at a ghost

~ i already wrote something on this but: when welt begins to drift off and become lost in his memories, the trailblaze trio + pom pom team up to cheer him up!!!

~ they've made a pact to not let himeko know or welt catch on to what they're doing on those days

~ so far they have been mostly successful in cheering him up

[haliaiii]

Just finished penacony 👍 (spoilers ?)

[tjemegames]

HSR: Character Build Archive - Hunt

Lan

The Cruising Aeon known as the Reignbow Arbiter by the Xianzhou, presiding over the Path of The Hunt. THEY roam endlessly between worlds to eradicate the abominations created by the Aeon of Abundance.

Boothill

this looks better than it is because of the crit weight

desperately need to roll more break; I used to roll nothing but break before I started farming for this cyborg. once I hit 300%, I'll be satisfied with my min-maxing

need to farm theif (hands + spd boots) & talia (def sphere)

last upgraded - 7.1.24

Dan Heng

A cold and reserved young man who is reticent about his past. To avoid his kin, he decided to travel with the Astral Express.

hello to my favorite character! it is I, your number one fan

build is very solid; the best one on my entire account. I'd love to hit a character score of 500 though so I'm still tweaking it

need to farm musketeer (hand) & glamoth (wind dmg sphere); ideally w/double crit on both

last upgraded - 7.1.24

Dr. Ratio

An eccentric, self-centered, slightly gloomy, and yet elegant Intelligentsia Guild member. He often wears a bizarre plaster head sculpture over his head despite his handsome features.

unleveled: lvl 1, e0

will level him up if hoyo ever feels generous enough to give us a free copy of his sig; I'm not interested in using him without it

Feixiao

The Arbiter-General of the Xianzhou Yaoqing. Referred to as the Merlin's Claw. Decisive like lightning and always doing what is right, she has demonstrated outstanding military success through her martial prowess.

introductory build: I've been rather lucky with my valorous luck so far. still tweaking but this is not a bad place to be in after only a few dedicated weeks worth of farming

completely folded on myself and pulled for her. she quite literally cost me everything (227 warps) to pull her. big fan of her whole kit and love her animations though. I think she’ll prove to be very worth all the effort

last upgraded - 10.15.24

March 7th - The Hunt

A girl who once slumbered in eternal ice and knows nothing about her past. To find out the truth about her origins, she decided to travel with the Astral Express. As of right now, she has prepared about 67 different versions of her life story for herself.

acquired & began the building process! big fan of her gameplay, she's been really fun to play around with while I test out potential shifu configurations

has two potential build routes to take: traditional dps (crit) and break; I'll probably go 4pc musketeer + rutilant for crit & 4pc thief + talia for break. could also go pioneer + salsotto for crit & calvary + forge for break, but that sounds like a headache in the making

Moze

An aide under Feixiao. He is in charge of intelligence and security. As a hidden blade, his presence is rarely perceived, appearing only when he is needed.

unleveled: lvl 1, e1

will be working on building him up when I’ve got the chance. really love his design and gameplay—can’t wait to have him built up enough to truly shine

Seele

A resident of the Underworld and the backbone of Wildfire. She goes by the alias "Babochka." She has a frank personality, but there is a delicate and sensitive hidden side to her deep in her heart.

working towards overhauling the entire build: swapped glamoth planars for rutilant, recycled the outdated 4-star quantum dmg sphere, & traded atk ropes w/serval

relevant stat change(s): +10.9 spd, -2.2% crate, +8.8% cdmg, -177 atk

score change: +34 (S+)

was not planning on messing with her anytime soon but I ended up using her to complete the 2.3.1 PF, which was quite satisfying to do, so she is officially being taken off the bench (until I pull a multi-target quantum damage dealer that I like more)

need to farm 4pc genius (crate body + atk boots); could potentially go 2pc genius, 2pc musketeer but I'd get more dmg out of a full set of genius so that's my priority

don't have any plans to pull for her sig since I don't use her all that much. would need to look into the benefits of all the hunt cones to see if it's worth having on my acct

last upgraded - 8.2.24 | changelog

Sushang

Born on the Xianzhou Yaoqing, sent to the Cloud Knights of the Luofu for military training. She wields her family sword, a gift from her mother, and longs for the future she will go on to write.

outdated build: 3/6 relics are 4-star

due to my boothill investment, I have no need to work on or use sushang anymore; a tragedy because the big chicken is one of my favorite ults

Topaz & Numby

Senior Manager of the Strategic Investment Department in the Interastral Peace Corporation, and leader of the Special Debts Picket Team. Already a member of the "Ten Stonehearts" at a young age, Topaz's Cornerstone is the "topaz of debt retrieval." She and Numby— her partner —are traversing the cosmos together, chasing down various debts and liabilities that negatively influence the IPC's commercial ventures.

Numby: A Warp Trotter who is capable of acutely perceiving where "riches" are located, and Topaz's family and business partner. It can even perform jobs involving security, debt collection, and actuarial sciences.

unowned: not interested in pulling. may change depending on the release of future synergistic follow-up units

Yanqing

General Jing Yuan's retainer. A gifted swordsman who hasn't even come of age. No one can best Yanqing when he holds a sword in hand.

unleveled: lvl 1, e2

The most recent version of a character’s build(s) will be listed here; older build versions can be found on their designated changelog. To avoid word/image limit issues, information on a retired build will be removed from the path archive and a link to the build’s changelog will be provided in its place. Changelogs will only be created and maintained for the characters that I actively use; they will be updated whenever significant relic upgrades/changes have been made. Characters that have multiple builds (i.e. additional builds that are non-traditional, niche, or memes) will have a dedicated changelog for each one. Return to Navigation

[electric-plants]

i got so blindsided and offended when i hit the spiral abyss levels that required two teams in genshin anyway you’ll never guess what just happened to me with the forgotten hall in hsr

[rubywolf0201]

Some teams I’ve been thinking to build in HSR

March 7th (Swordmaster) & Dr Ratio Dual Hypercarry- Since Swordmaster!March has a Skill that can directly benefit from having a Shifu that can help to boost her DMG, my first thought went to Dr Ratio since he’s also a Imaginary/Hunt unit too. Besides I can’t help but think of the chaos by having these two. All I just need to do is slap on the Izumo Planar set on her and we’re all set! (Although Aven can also work too since he is of the same type as her)

Blade & Feixiao Mono Wind Dual Hypercarry/ Blade Mono Wind Hypercarry- So since I’m very close to finish building Bladie (I need to unlock his A6 Traces first), I thought about doing a Dual Hypercarry setup with Feixiao, Blade, Bronya and Huohuo (assuming I can get both her and Feixiao). If I only got Huohuo but not Feixiao, then I can use Sampo as a substitute as a DoT enabler.

These are all of the things I’m thinking about building my teams at the moment. What are your opinions on all this? Please feel free to comment on them.

[elementalsparkles]

sometimes i forget i don't actually have to play a game but can just watch playthroughs

[myfanfic-urfantrash]

Honkai Star Rail A/B/O: Express Trio

Characters: Caelus, Dan Heng, and March.

CW: omegaverse, implied nsfw

A/N: I thought about my fave trio for a second too long :3c

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Caelus

People often get confused on his secondary gender and are torn between a strong smelling Beta or a weak smelling Alpha, but he's truthfully an omega. Another reason this is, is because he has little idea on how to be an omega so he just does whatever feels right to him.

He also just refuses to wear a collar, finding it uncomfortable even with the softer kinds.

Smells like citrus, specifically oranges including the bitter peel regularly but during his heats the sweetness of sugar gets added. He smells delicious.

Prefers to spend his heats surrounded by stuff he's found on his travels...and trash cans. At least he cleans the items up before he adds them to his nest?

Has a favorite blanket that MUST be in his nest or he'll freak out. It was one of the first gifts he received from his dear friends since he joined the Astral Express and thus one of the very few things he can call his own.

When he's with his partner, regardless of their secondary gender, he loves to build his nest with them and include their own bedding with his.

Wants to spend his heats with his partner no matter their secondary and gets sad when they need to leave his nest even for short periods. Don't worry he bounces right back into being a content omega once they rejoin him, just give him extra cuddles for leaving he deserves it.

Dan Heng

He's an Alpha but his pheromones are a bit of a mess due to his...past so he mostly keeps his scent glands covered up as much as possible.

Smells like rain and fresh ink on parchment but covers it up with scent patches and high collared clothes.

If he has an omega partner he prefers for them to scent him rather than scent them himself, though he won't mind scenting their bedding should they need it for their nest.

His ruts don't' come consistently which is inconvenient but at least they only last for a few days. Prefers to deal with his rut alone as he's so uncomfortable it's hard for him to be in the mood. Though if his partner wants to stay by his side he'll let them and hide with them under his sheets as they lay beside him.

On the rare chance he's in the mood he's not gonna leave his bed or their nest for anything besides necessities.

Once he bonds with his partner his ruts become more consistent and he finds himself in the mood more often than not so

During his partners heats he'll tend to them but he won't treat them like they're like fragile glass. He'll stick by their side reading a book beside them and occasionally get up to get what they need. He's more open to helping out during their heats than dealing with his own ruts because he prefers to focus on his partner over himself.

March 7th

An omega as well though her scent tends to be more on the stronger side. It can get a bit overwhelming when she's upset but smells like heaven when she's content or happy.

She smells like a cool desert of marshmallows and strawberries with mint.

Likes to wear collars over wearing just scent patches as she can get super cute ones that match her adorable aesthetic. She has a whole collection of cute collars she likes to use daily and for special occasions.

Struggles with building her nests as she wants to add multiple things to it at once in one spot but give her some time and she'll eventually figure it all out. Welcomes her partner to help build her nest with her but each piece's must get her approval before it goes in. Her nests are filled with soft toys and tons of pillows.

Likes to spend her heats with her partner just cuddling rather than having fun, not that she's opposed but she mostly feels kinda achy and gross so she'd prefer some comfort until she's feeling better. Once she's ready for fun her partner better spoil her rotten!

Doesn't care too much about her partners presentation though I feel she might prefer an omega partner since they could relate and bond more.

[roseapov]

HOLY- THIS HSR VERSION?!

FANSGRBDGVHKDFBJVSNLKACMODVSNFIBDJK LSVNK;ACM

I can't calm down!

Major Spoilers to Honkai: Star Rail Main Story of version 2.2 (about basically everything) under the cut

First of all GENSHIN COULD NEVER AND IT NEVER DID! None of the Genshin Archon Quests could ever compare to this.. Masterpiece!

Hoyoverse outdone themseves completely! This whole update was truly perfect!

(Because I saw the leaks) I was like, so Harmony MC wasn't needed in the Sunday fight? But weren't they mandatory? Why was it so easy?

Until the plot went farther and we had a real fight with Sunday! And my jaw dropped. I'm a big fan of this fight! But I expected it to be harder- I literally build my Ruan Mei with some random pieces in one day for it-

This was the most beautiful and emotional moment in this entire version! Also MC's response to 'Why does life chose to slumber'? BHJDwfabshkjnlaksvdjfbkhjsnlBKHAFSDBKJEFL

That moment and the whole quest made me really love this sibling duo! It was so sweet how Sunday was always concerned for Robin and was caring about her more than for himself. Also, Robin got shot at the neck-

I'll admit the moment when Dan Heng and Jing Yuan appeared in Ena's dream was so funny and random, but the entreance was indeed surprising and gorgeous! Honestly I couldn't stop smiling at Jing Yuan🥹

Mikhail's indentity was WTF honestly, the fates of the 3 Nameless were sad, mostly Tiernan. And Acheron's real name!

SHE'S MEI!

*inhale and exhale*

Sunday looked so good and sexy during his boss fight~🤣

I'm happy we got lots of Sunday this version and that Gallagher wasn't really as bad as I thought he would be!

Sunday in the confessional?!?!!?!? I'm dead

But I have so many questions at the end of it all, such as, what exactly happened to Firefly? And will Boothill and Black Swan still travel with us (The Astral Express) just like in the dream? Would everyone really get along in the negotations in the end?

And.. What will happen in the next update? Is story in Penacony really finished?

Our next destination will probably be

Regardless if it happened in a dream or not, they thought it was reality so it's still prob gonna be our next stop-

(Because this planet is mentioned every time, no matter which option you chose, and it wins 4 votes for Edo, and 1 abstained - if you decide to abstrain)

Btw, Harmony MC has such a beautiful icon!

AND THE WAY THIS WHOLE UPDATE ENDED? HELLOOOO?!?!!?

Why does March 7th have Question Marks?

So yeah-

This update had gorgeous illustrations and stories! I love Robin's song in Sunday's fight-

Me casually before facing Sunday's first boss-

The best part is, I was like something's wrong, it's not like on the leaks when the 1st battle with Sunday happened but I eventaully forgot about it and had a big schock at the end- A truly delicious plottwist!

I have lots of the ss's from this update...

[infinitelibraryofheadcanons]

(HSR) Astral Express Crew Headcanons

Hi everyone! I have returned, this time with a library entry for one of the newest fandoms on the list: Honkai Star Rail! While I am not confident about writing for all the characters yet, I figured some headcanons for the members of the Astral Express would be a good start. I hope you enjoy!

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Welt

- Mr. Yang enjoys spending his time quietly. From playing chess with Himeko or Dan Heng to doodling in a notebook of his while sipping some tea - he's got all the grandpa habits you can imagine.

- One of these habits is crochet. After picking up some yarn and tools from a planet they visited, Welt tried to learn knitting...and failed miserably. Therefore he was hesitant to attempt crochet, but gave it a try nonetheless. It worked a lot better than knitting because it doesn't use two needles, just one hook. While he does get cramps and wrist pain from time to time, he does enjoy making crochet items, like scarves and amigurumi.

- Additionally, Welt knows how to make origami. He has tried to teach March before, but she gave up pretty quickly. The Trailblazer on the other hand has shown to be quite skilled at it, so making origami has become quite the bonding activity for the two of them.

Himeko

- As the mom of the Express, Himeko knows everyone's drink preferences in and out. She likes to make alcoholic cocktails for Welt and herself, though sometimes she does give non-alcoholic ones to the youngsters. It has definitely earned her March's favor.

- Totally a mix between a wine aunt and a mom. She definitely loves red wine.

- Speaking of being a mom, it isn't just an inside joke on the Express. Himeko has tried taking up a caring, motherly role for Dan Heng. While the two don't share too many similarities on the surface, Himeko is one of the only people who knows about Dan Heng's fascination with the arts. She supports him trying out different kinds of art - from poetry to painting - and actively funds his endeavors. Mostly in secret though. After everyone is asleep, she will invite Dan Heng to a large storage room on the Express where he can try out different things - music, painting, poetry, all the good stuff. While they don't talk too much, Himeko does notice that Dan Heng appreciates the opportunity to try out new things in secret and build his own identity, far away from Dan Feng.

March 7th

- March is the sunshine of the Express. Things would be way too calm without her around. Everyone knows that and everyone appreciates March for simply being herself.

- With her enjoyment of cute things and Welt's newfound hobby, March often asks him to crochet a few amigurumi for her. Whether it be a Diting Plushie or a small Trotter keychain, she has ideas for everything thanks to her travels with the Express Crew. Welt does quite enjoy being able to bond with March like this, occasionally explaining crochet stitches to her. March appreciates being able to talk to Welt about whatever she wants while he crochets and listens.

- Another thing is that March definitely collects cute stickers to decorate her photo albums with. If she's going to store all of her pictures somewhere, might as well make that storage space look cute, right?

Dan Heng

- As mentioned in Himeko's section, Dan Heng has taken a liking to the arts. He will secretly learn anatomy from YouTube videos or write some poems about whatever occupies his mind, maybe even try to turn some of these poems into song lyrics. His current preference is poetry, though he does enjoy going wild on a canvas with acrylic paint sometimes.

- Speaking of song lyrics, he seems like the kind of guy to be interested in Serval's rock music to some extent. March has dragged him to one of her shows before, and while he didn't quite see the point at first, he did end up enjoying it. So he ended up using March and her camera as a disguise to visit more often and learn about Serval's music.

- Speaking of music, he seems like someone who plays music for the plants on the Express because he believes it will help them grow. Maybe it's an old Luofu tradition? Though he will deny ever doing such a thing or push it on his home planet's culture.

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God, this has been sitting in my drafts for ages,, I do still enjoy these headcanons though, they're really sweet to me. Might as well share my joy, right?

See you next time, folks! Remember: requests are open!

~Curator Silver

[dancingrain9625]

Blood Stained Bandana Pt 1

GN Reader x Honkai Star Rail

The sound of sirens filled your ears and the surroundings turned red as the space station you currently stood in shook. Even so, you paid it no mind as you stared at the object inside of the display case before you. Inside of it were a pair of wings that allowed one to glide on the wind. "I still can't believe she kept them..." The wings once belonged to you though all the object brought you was terrible memories of a life spent on the run.

"Hmph. Whatever... Not like I care if those blasted things are destroyed or otherwise..." Turning away from the pedestal you continued to walk down the hallway. It was only a moment later you heard some shouting and the sounds of battle. Most likely your friends from the Astral Express. Stepping out the hallway you walked onto the balcony overlooking a large room overlooking a central elevator. Down below you could see March 7th, Dan Heng, a white-haired girl fighting some of the Antimatter legion while protecting one of the researchers.

Just as the battle seemed over and your friends victorious the large centaur-like monster let out a loud roar. Not long after many more Antimatter creatures appeared. "Hey, sore losers! You can't just gang up on us!" You could hear March 7th complain from down below. With a sigh you stretched out your hand over the balcony. Focusing, you let your energy build up in your hand before letting it go. Sending a small blast at one of the beasts. Then another. And another. Each one taken out in a single attack.

Soon enough the room was devoid of enemies and you looked down at your comrades below. "Get back to the Master Control Zone. I'll be waiting for you there." "Thanks for the help Y/n!" You could hear March yell as you left the balcony. Walking back to the room in question, you were met with the navigator of the Astral Express. "Himeko, the others will be here shortly." "Good. Thank you for your help, Y/n."

Himeko fiddled with the tablet controlling her drone as you walked off yet she couldn't stop herself from watching as you slowly grew ever farther, fiddling with that bandana tied into a headband around your head. One that you refused to get rid of. No matter what.

"Finally, you're back. March, Dan Heng, you've been through a lot." Himeko greeted as the group arrived. "Yeah, we would've been toast if it wasn't for Y/n showing up," March replied as the group approached. "That's our Y/n. I was going to step in myself but they beat me to the punch and handled things better than I would've been able to. Still, we shouldn't grow to depend on them too much."

Himeko turned to the scientist the group brought with them. "Are you alright Arlan? Asta's been worried about you." "I'm fine, a quick patching up will do. Thanks for asking. I'll report the situation to Lead Researcher Asta immediately. Bye." Arlan replied before making a swift exit. Himeko finally turned to the white-haired girl who assisted March and Dan Heng in battle. "Hey, nice to meet you. I'm Himeko, navigator of the Astral Express." "In other words, she's in charge of where the express goes." March 7th whispered to the girl.

"Well, let me introduce you to another member of the Astral Express crew, the one who saved you earlier." As Himeko says this she waves you over from where you're standing and you nod before walking over. "This is Y/n."

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Wanted to try HSR

[lovelynim]

Honkai Star Rail Tickle HCs

Caelus, Dan Heng and March 7th

A/N: I still don't know how I'll build this kind of post's header, so, for now, I'll use the one I do for my fics heheh. I wanted to write this in a while, so why not get back into writing hcs with my new favorite trio?

Caelus

I’d say he is a switch, but when it comes to March and Dan Heng he is mostly a lee huehuehue

that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get his share of wrecking the other two

he is usually the one that takes the initiative, either tickling March because she teased him too much or pairing up with her to get Dan Heng to loose up a bit and smile

but will always end up at the receiving end somehow

whenever he is not looking, March will sneak up on him and shove her hands at his sides or under his arms

and he will let out a loud (and sometimes high pitched) squeal, which March finds funny and only motivates her to do it again or keep tickling him until he makes the same sound

he tries to hold in his laughter a lot, but just poke his underarms or pinch his hips and he is gone for

but he doesn’t mind it, as much as he will act annoyed at March, he enjoys the attention and goofing around with her heheh

Dan Heng

will only engage as the ler if provoked into it, but even so it really takes a lot to get on his nerves

Dan Heng thought he would get some break from March when Caelus joined the Express, since she would have someone else to “bother”, but much to his demise they share the same brain cell and now he has to deal with twice the trouble

Locked inside his room for too long? Tickled

Grumpy face? Tickled

Snapped back at them? Tickled

Lowered his guard in public? Tickled

My man can’t catch a break, for real. Yet, for some unknown reason, even when the other two gang up on him, he doesn’t really fight back or say “stop”...

His thighs are a really bad spot, but his ribs are equally sensitive and he just panics when Caelus or March hold him by his wrists because he gets ptsd of other times when he got wrecked

Also, Caelus finds out he has a really ticklish neck and ears, specially to kissing/nibbles/gentle blows, but I’ll leave up to you how he find that out :)))

March 7h

A LIVING MENACE

don’t get fooled by her playful nature and pink hair, she is a ler and a really mean one

this brat will ALWAYS seek for openings to jab Caelus and Dan Heng in their sides, run a finger down their backs, shove her (cold) hands inside their shirts, anything to get them laughing

if she is ticklish? yes, look at her, of course she is. BUT SHE HAS WAY TOO MUCH ENERGY

so you will hardly get to “tire her out” and trying to fight fire with fire will only lead to worst attacks

you cant win against March lmao (Dan Heng and Caelus found this out in the best way possible)

also, another fun fact is that since Caelus joined, March is constantly third wheeling him and Dan Heng

So whenever they start to show the slightest sign of intimacy, she will strike

just imagine the two of them looking into each other’s eyes, a romantic smile in their face, everything goes smooth… and then Caelus squeals because March squeezed his waist

She is dancae #1 supporter, but third wheeling her? not in their wildest dreams

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

I've seen scatterings of her your headcanons about the Traveler, you got anything about the Trailblazer by any chance? (If you can, anyhow)

Okay!

The Trailblazer! Honkai: Star Rail

1.) I don't think for a second that they have a room on the Astral Express, because we have been in this game for an entire year now, and they still haven't shown us anything. Genshin got the Serenitea Pot before 2.0 dropped.

It's not as if March 7th's bedroom has any particular need to be in the game, but they went to the trouble of showing her having a personalized space. Dan Heng is said to have a room even if he's made the Archives his personal space for now. Himeko and Welt have rooms we can't go in, but they're there. So why can't the Trailblazer have a space of their own with little decorations nodding to events we've done and people we've met?

So, this persistent 'Astral Express Crew is Family!' idea people spout feels like the biggest reach to me because MC gets talked over a lot, gets their decisions made for them without being asked a lot, and has no clear connection to anything on the Express aside from whatever memes comes out of their mouth to mess with others in the moment.

2.) I fully believe that Stelle and Caelus are the same being, in the sense that I think they're a digital creation. Or perhaps a better explanation be like some kind of holographic AI super-system thing that is capable of shifting between 2 different forms depending on the job that needed to be done for the Stellaron Hunters. I don't necessarily think that they were a person, but the Hoyoverse has proven time and again, that even non-sentient things can become sentient when exposed to certain energies for long enough, and eventually ascend to a form of a powerful being that can act and think for itself.

I truly believe that, for the sake of the way the lore is going, having 2 different options for the receptacle of the Stellaron was literally just how it usually is for jobs. Like, it's actually an in-lore thing that they have this system on hand that can take either shape depending on what they're needed for, kind of like how Mora in Genshin has an in-lore reason for its use in everything(it's got fancy powers, cuz of the Gnosis, that enhance things when used on them). And then it gets reset at the end of each job so there's no memories to draw upon.

3.) So, building off of my last idea, the plot here is that there's some kind of script that they are following, fully believing they're doing the right thing even if it requires terrible atrocities to be done(if I'm following correctly of course, I get confused tbh). I completely think that they want this fancy system that they've been using, to actually become an Aeon somehow, through exploring the universe and forming opinions and connections. Perhaps even replace Akivili themself.

Aeons seem to be pretty neutral all things considered, and it's their followers that tend to be the ones who are morally corrupt or ambiguous in action and belief. Aeons seem to more embody a concept wholeheartedly, none of that fence-sitting stuff.

If that is the case, then the Trailblazer waking up without memories and forming an attachment to the followers of the Trailblaze themself, might be like a personality replacement of sorts. Since there's nothing in their past that they know about, and they don't even know anything about themself, they are trying to fill in the void with anything they can get their hands on, even if it means adopting a belief system they know nothing about or might not even agree with.

The main character has not been with the Astral Express long enough to be spouting all of this 'I will blaze a trail' nonsense. Every single time an option like that comes up, I will pick it for the sake of continuity in the story, but I do not believe it for a second. It doesn't feel as if there's been enough realistic character growth for the main character to already be saying things like this. They still don't know the Astral Express Crew all that well after all and they aren't given enough info. They hadn't even known about the whole Penacony situation when they arrived there. They'd been told that that was the next destination, but they had not been told that there was a fancy invite for specific guests and that they wouldn't be able to go with everyone because the one invite was for Dan Heng and not someone else and it can't be changed.

All of this just feels like they want to fit in somewhere because they don't have anywhere in their memories to go, but it doesn't feel like they're actually a crew member yet regardless of supposedly being POM-POM's fav. So, we circle back to my first idea, I guess.

4.) I think having no memories to draw upon is what allows the Trailblazer to channel the heart of each Path they have been able to unlock so far. By having absolutely no worldly connections prior to when they woke up, they are essentially a blank slate, and have to learn everything in the moment and experience it all personally to form their conclusions.

It always seems to be every time the Trailblazer comes to understand what the meaning of the Path is, after acquiring an item significant to the Path in question, that is when the Aeon of that Path Looks upon them for the first time and they seem to draw upon that connection to find the Will to use the new Path.

I don't really know where I'm going with this particular idea, but I felt like I should verbalize it.

5.) I'm about to get a little depressing for a second, but what if the Trailblazer's obsession with rummaging through trash cans and taking things left in them, is connected to the fact that they might feel like they've been abandoned because they don't have anything of their past to drawn upon, and the one person who seems to know them the most avoids them and doesn't seem inclined to answer questions?

As if having to reaffirm the idea that they are still useful and that all these things- these little trinkets that they find in the garbage, also have their uses. One man's trash is another man's treasure. That perhaps they can be treasure to someone too.

6.) I'm a little confused about the Stellaron part, because every other time it's come up in the story, it's been a really bad thing, Like, they seem to have a sentience or a consciousness of their own, and are capable of interacting with people and influencing them and their surroundings, but the one in the Trailblazer doesn't do anything save for when they almost died and drew Nanook's gaze in the beginning of the game.

How did Welt manage to seal it while it was inside someone? And how is it that him stealing it somehow keeps it managed and contained? What is so special about his abilities that make it perfectly okay for the Trailblazer to do just waltz about with everyone else(I don't know a thing about other HYV games beside HSR and Genshin so him in the other game is lost on me, sry)? What does sealing it entail? It never seems to be done on screen I'm pretty sure(unless I'm misremembering?).

If I recall correctly, the Stellaron Hunters broke into Herta Space Station and took the Stellaron that Herta had on hand and placed it in the receptacle that they brought along with them. There had to be a very specific reason for them to do this, something in the 'script' they're following. Because they knew it would be sealed in the MC? Does it being sealed inside a person make it different from one that's been sealed in the physical world? Does this come with a power-up at some point? Some kind of special connection to The Destruction?

This isn't really a theory but it's a lot of thinking I'm doing.

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Anyway, that's what I got so far. Hope these were interesting thoughts to get through. ^-^ <3

[noelclover]

Honkai: Star Rail or "I Ramble About Luocha, Kafka, Silver Wolf and Turn Based RPGs Then Realize It's Getting Too Long, I'm Tired and Can Only Talk About One Of Them"

From looking through Youtube comments, I realized that quite a lot of people don't seem to really understand where to look for a character's power, what makes them good/bad, the main advantages and disadvantages you'd get from rolling and building them. And since I haven't written anything and I really like talking about games, I figured why not?

This will also probably be a rather long post as I've a tendency to just ramble

A key concept people don't seem to realize is that action economy is a thing. The more turns you have, the more options you get. What this also means is that free actions have quite a lot of value to them.

Counters or Follow-Ups lead to damage and possibly Breaks ((which may or may not be the Break you want, but you'll have to strategize around that)) and heals lead to a free turn for the healer, which leads to either more healing or damage, with the latter being super important because you get skill points to use abilties.

This means that characters like Kafka, March 7th and even Herta bringing in a lot of value, albeit to varying degrees.

Which leads to a conversation involving and about Luocha. While initially I had no plans to roll for him, despite him being voiced by Katsura and being a healer, I realized, upon reading his kit, that he brought a lot of convenience and quality of life to the team, so much so that I could definitely play more aggressively and not be punished for it.

You see, Luocha is a character that would have been strong even if all he had was his conditional auto healing ((Luocha heals any ally at 50% HP or under. This can only happen once every two turns)). All Mihoyo had to do was give the man this ability and another group healing ult and he would have been a strong contender against Bailu and Natasha.

((In fact, it would have been a pretty interesting balance, with Luocha being able to auto heal and thus provide options, Bailu having a ress and Natasha bringing in a cleanse)) In their infinite wisdom, Mihoyo decided to not just give him a cleanse, they gave him his healing field, which immediately ramped up his value to stupid degrees, as now every single attack from a team mate would heal themselves and, with a quick upgrade down his Trace tree, the team. While you'd often find the use of the heal field overkill, it's absolutely great when fighting bosses such as Phantylia, with every attack healing a few hundred to a thousand of the PC's HP.

To balance this, Mihoyo gave him a damage dealing ult which also removes buffs from the enemy, including resurrection. As it's not a team wide heal you have to plan a bit around enemy bursts and line up an additional ultimate or two to make sure you get some healing as the healing field comes up.

But the sheer power of the healing and off turn healing is simply so ridiculous that it barely matters. In a game where healing costs both a Skill Point and a turn, the ability to heal without using either is simply ridiculous.

To put it into perspective:

Character A uses their turn to attack and generate a skill point. Healer uses their turn to heal one character.

This means that to perform a heal, you need to expend two turns and a skill point.

However, in the case of Luocha, this changes to

Character A uses their turn to attack and generate a skill point. Luocha ignores the wounded and attacks, generating another skill point. Character A who was wounded is hit, and is now under 50% health Luocha heals Character A

So now not only did you get a heal, you've gotten two skill points, putting you in a significantly better position than if you were using another healer. Note that this does come at the risk of having your characters hit ((sub))50% HP, which can be a bit of an iffy condition sometimes, but from my experience, it's not an issue that pops up often enough to warrant concern.

This means that you could run a skill point hungry team and mostly be finem and when manually piloting the team you'll generally have enough skill points that you don't actually have to think too hard about budgeting them.

And then you get his healing field, which is basically a super healing phase to take your whole team back to full health at little to no extra cost, which is basically the advantages of his off-turn healing on steroids.

All this makes him an absolute monster at generating skill points.

Anyways, the reason why I'm talking about Luocha is that he's a great example of things to consider when rolling for a character. Honkai: Star Rail doesn't have characters that can heal off-turn without the use of their ultimates, which take three to four turns to charge up, which means he gets a strong single target heal a turn or two quicker, which is invaluable in a pinch.

A character like Luocha opens up a lot of opportunities and gives quite a lot of quality of life.

Note that this does not mean that he's a must pull, only that a character like him brings a lot more to the table than most people seem to realize.

[tjemegames]

HSR: Character Build Archive - Preservation

Qlipoth

The builder of the Celestial Comet Wall, the Subspace Crystalline Barrier, and the Great Attractor Base. THEY are called the "Amber Lord" by their followers. THEY preside over the Path of Preservation, and are one of the oldest and most tenacious Aeons.

Aventurine

A senior manager in the IPC Strategic Investment Department and one of the Ten Stonehearts, known for his cornerstone "Aventurine of stratagems." He always dons a smile that conceals his true intentions and lives by the principle of "the greater the risk, the greater the reward."

def build that does little chunks of damage; works as intended (is tanky) so I've stopped working on it

would eventually like to have a 4pc pioneer + salsotto build though; will passively work towards this while farming for watchmaker

also distantly considering a meme build of 4pc quantum (because I keep getting def main stat pcs with dps subs) + salsotto

latest upgrade - 7.19.24

Fire Trailblazer

A [person] who boarded the Astral Express. They chose to travel with the Astral Express to eliminate the dangers posed by the Stellaron.

outdated build: 4/6 relics are 4-star

need to farm new 4pc set of purity palace & keel planars (def/fire dmg sphere + err/def rope)

Fu Xuan

Head of the Divination Commission on the Luofu. The person who uses the third eye and Matrix of Prescience to foretell the route of Xianzhou and the outcomes of events.

unowned: lost 50/50 on debut banner and skipped during 2.2 because I wanted boothill more. not currently interested in pulling; may pull sometime in the future if my preservation roster is still lacking by then

Gepard

A captain in the Silvermane Guards and an outstanding warrior of Belobog. He is meticulous and vigilant to the core and is always true to himself.

outdated build: 2/6 relics are 4-star

replace def% boots w/spd

need to farm purity palace (hands + def body) & belobog planars (def sphere + err rope)

March 7th

A girl who once slumbered in eternal ice and knows nothing about her past. To find out the truth about her origins, she decided to travel with the Astral Express. As of right now, she has prepared about 67 different versions of her life story for herself.

partially built: only kind of though, she's got 5/6 pieces on but only one of them is max rolled

if I'm being completely honest, I won't be using her preservation form once I've unlocked the hunt one; working on this version would be a waste of time

The most recent version of a character’s build(s) will be listed here; older build versions can be found on their designated changelog. To avoid word/image limit issues, information on a retired build will be removed from the path archive and a link to the build’s changelog will be provided in its place. Changelogs will only be created and maintained for the characters that I actively use; they will be updated whenever significant relic upgrades/changes have been made. Characters that have multiple builds (i.e. additional builds that are non-traditional, niche, or memes) will have a dedicated changelog for each one. Return to Navigation

[remimibanana]

AVCon 2024 Convention Report!

I went to AVCon for both Day 1 and Day 2 in Adelaide!! This was the first ever convention I went to, so this would be my second time attending!!

I cosplayed as March 7th from Honkai: Star Rail alongside my good friend Pie (@piedivide) as Dan Heng! We did so many things and met so many cosplayers both new and familiar that I have to write about before I forget!!

Everything under the cut!

Day 1

I woke up at the ripe old time of 6am to become the wonderful March 7th you see right here.

Why, you may ask? I had to catch a train at 9:58am in order for us to get to the convention around 11am and I need time to get ready!

My mum helped me get ready (thank youuu), I quite literally cannot put on the top without help. It’s so hard to get on and off, but it fits fine once it’s on me for some strange reason. Many safety pins were also used to pin things in place (four actually but who’s counting?).

The things we do for cosplay.

I once again didn’t have time to actually try on the whole cosplay before the convention, it’s becoming a running trend for me which isn't good. Next time, it won’t be the case since I’ll have loads of time to acquire and try on my next cosplay!

For context, OZ Comic Con and AVCon were about three weeks from each other and I had Uni to finish up and the actual cosplay to order…was definitely cutting it close. It all worked out at the end thanks to me paying for express shipping.

The weather was horrible this day, it was raining for the whole morning and it was really cold. I remember not wanting to get up when my alarm started blasting. My trusty umbrella that doesn't like to stay up came in handy!

I got to the train station and immediately someone kindly pointed out that the camera March had fallen off me. It never stays on thanks to the weak clip so I didn't bother clipping it back for the rest of the con and subsequently forgot about it.

The train ride was fine at the beginning, until these really loud and annoying teenagers came and were right next to where I was seated since they had scooters. They kept going on about vapes and talking about me…and one even touched my shoulder aha

I was so glad when I finally got into the city and was rid of them forever. I absolutely abhorrer people like that, I just ignored them by staring at my phone pretending to scroll through stuff. It was hard when they literally tried talking to me at one point too…

Anyway!

Pie was waiting for me at the station, and he looked amazing! I really liked their wig, I don’t know how they do it. I feel like I’m doing something spiritually wrong because mine doesn’t look anything like the ones I see on the internet aha

I had to keep cutting off these small strands that kept going into my eyes. I think I'm not using enough hairspray to keep the hair sections together, which I shall work on!

I’ll work on my wig styling skills these next few months in between conventions. I shall learn the secrets of the trade eventually, and become a master!

We headed to the Adelaide Showgrounds, excited for what was to come for Day 1!

The line was HUGE. It went on and on, we literally couldn’t believe our eyes. We went to the very back of the line, which was right where the building across from the convention was (they have the Farmer's Market there on Sundays).

There were two lines actually as we could see, we didn’t know where to line up so we just went to the one on the left and hoped we were in the right one since we had pre-bought physical tickets from Shin Tokyo earlier in the week!

I had my umbrella out since there was a bit of rain PIE as we waited. I kept insisting that there was rain, while he kept insisting that there wasn’t despite the fact there WAS PIE!

I won when it started to rain harder and you could clearly see the droplets on his head as I so pointed out very smugly (I won okay don’t tell me otherwise or I swear—)

It took about 15 minutes or so to get inside of the convention. The theme of this year’s AVCon is a Sports Festival where there are four teams duking it out for the first place, so there were many unique passes you could get!

I didn’t really have a preference, but I would have liked the Pink team since pink supremacy, while Pie wanted the Green team since green supremacy. We thought we could choose, but they were randomly given out by the staff (I assumed it was because of the sheer number of people)…we did get the ones we wanted though!

Pie kept saying there was a Calli cosplayer in the distance, but I said I couldn’t see them multiple times (all I saw was pink hair in the distance) because I thought he was talking about Callie Splatoon, not Calli Hololive as I realised after.

You need to specify with me or I will make silly mistakes like this.

Our first order of the day was to find somewhere to sit and reorganize ourselves. I had to take off my jacket and Pie had to put away things as well before we could enjoy our time! We went to the main stage since there were many seats there and it was in front of us upon entering.

Once we got ready, we decided to go get something to eat since we both skipped breakfast to get ready. All the food at the convention was outside interestingly, so we headed outside after realizing this fact.

We both got some large fries that were decently priced! They were really good, not too soggy as they often can be with just the right amount of warmth! I put normal salt on mine for this day, although there were more to choose from!

During this time, Pie was contacting his brother who was also attending the convention but apparently he got lost in the meantime trying to find it and the line. It was kind of funny to be there viewing all the chaos unfolding.

I did get to meet Pie’s brother which was very nice! I kinda just stood there smiling the whole time because I’m no good with people haha

PAiDA!!!

When we headed back to the main stage, PAiDA was about to start her performance! She was a part of Babybeard's Adorable Assault Tour who opened for them here!

It was so amazing watching her perform, I've been a fan for quite some time now of her! I wish I could have met her, but I'm happy enough to have seen her in person!!!

Her final song was Future☆★Town, the song that made me discover her! I jammed out to that happily while eating fries!

Babybeard!!!!

THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING. HANDS DOWN THE BEST PART OF DAY 1.

This was the first time I ever heard any of their songs properly, and I wasn't disappointed in any way! The mix of cute singing and metal screaming is incredible, Adelaide finally won because we never get anything here!

In the middle of the performance, a whole fight broke out between Ladybeard and his former coach who appeared stating that he was a disgrace and that his pigtails had to go. I had no idea that this would happen, they jumped off the stage and went all around fighting each other while interacting with the crowd!

They even fought in front of Pie and I! I whipped out my phone and started recording it because it was a chance I couldn't miss. As they headed back to the front of the stage, we rushed there too and managed to be right in front for the rest of the performance!!!

I swear to everything that Ladybeard, Mahri and Suzu were staring at me at times as they performed. I was copying their movements to an extent since I'm pretty good at that after all the Just Dance I've done in my life for fun but I thought I was being delulu about the staring like usual.

Pie after told me that they were definitely staring at me and waaaaaa I can't believe it!!!

Someone actually asked if we could take a photo with them during the performance once it was all over, although it was really hard to hear them so I had to ask for them to repeat their question twice just to make sure aha.

I will never forget this performance!!!! You can actually see me in the group photos that were posted by Babybeard alongside Pie on the right!!! We're famous now.

We even were shown on national television on The Project who had Ladybeard as a guest!! I was watching the show live on TV and I remember the whole time I was mad because they showed Ladybeard last so I had to watch the entire thing!

I just wanted to see him man and they kept saying “soon” over and over! It was worth the wait, but couldn’t they just have said that he was going to be the last guest in the first place?!

Point is, it was all amazing.

Dokibird!!

After Babybeard, Doki had a karaoke for us all! She was so straightforward about her going after them and how she said yes to a karaoke for some reason. She also couldn't actually hear us so we had to give thumbs up instead, this is why I love Doki man.

I’m proud to be a fan. Did you know she actually visited Adelaide before?! I couldn't believe it when she told us, I didn't expect such a renowned figure ever coming here since no one ever comes here and forgets about us mostly.

She sang three Disney songs for us with such cool effects and animations to go with them! All this effort for us Aussie Dragoons, it was a lot of fun to be there! I actually recorded the entire karaoke so I can look back on it!

My favourite Wii game of all time. I finally have it again.

We were walking past stalls and there was one filled with retro games and consoles. I remember we were walking closer, and a particular game's top caught my eye inside a container. I rushed to grab it, and it really was Mario and Sonic at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games!!!

It was an immediate purchase.

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I got many photos with many cosplayers on this day!!! Please allow me to blab and gush about them all!

Firefly!!!

We were walking past the retro consoles that were set up and we saw a Wii that we immediately beelined to and used as our chance to put on the Dan Heng headbands Pie got us graciously and turn on my 2DS because I forgot to.

As we were sitting there, across from us was the Firefly cosplayer and we awkwardly waved to one another haha, it was great. Pie then went to ask for a photo as soon as we were done getting ready!

They look amazing!!!

Dan Heng IL!!!!

You know we had to get a picture with another Dan Heng since Pie was also Dan Heng! They looked really cool!!!

Is this like...March's dream lol

Jolyne!!!

They look so cool!!!! People always do such amazing JoJo cosplays, I'm always so impressed!

I'm up to Stone Ocean so I finally get a taste of who Jolyne really is and man I like her even more than I did before!

Bridget!!!!

I saw them while walking through the Artist Alley and blurted out it was Bridget. I really like Guilty Gear so I went to ask them for a photo very confidently!

They were so nice, I could tell they were so happy that I asked for a photo!

We even high fived at the end hehe

Joker!!!

We saw them when we came into the convention, actually! I pointed them out to Pie, who immediately was happy because he's a huge Persona fan!

I think Pie mostly wanted the picture but still invited me to join in, that made me very happy hehe.

A.B.A (and Paracelsus)!!!!!!

Before the convention, I was seriously brainrotting over A.B.A after seeing someone talk about her and show her sprites from Isuka.

I was watching videos and ingesting her lore like some crazy person. I think I manifested them because I freaked out when I saw Paracelsus from afar when we got to the convention! I know how that giant axe looks like from afar!

I needed a photo.

Alas, it was like a whole wild goose chase to actually find them. No matter where we looked, they literally didn't exist. Pie kept saying "Giant Yellow Key" to refer to them, which is not completely wrong as we searched high and low. I thought I missed my chance, which I was slowly accepting.

We found them eventually though near the doors, and I went straight to ask for a photo before they could leave! They looked so cool and their Paracelsus prop is everything!!!!

Elphelt!!!!!!

I also was brainrotting so hard over Elphelt as well, so to see an Elphelt cosplayer was also insane to me. I loved her Strive design from the beginning, but I was also learning about her previous designs in Xrd and Xrd Rev 2 and her lore!

I manifested this too, I was winning so damn hard!

It was such a struggle to get a photo with them as well, Pie and I kept losing sight of them in between all the people in the Artist Alley. They kept going up and we tried to follow to no avail. We finally managed to catch them at the end around a corner!

I asked for a photo and they pulled out Elphelt’s mic, a must have! I was really happy!!!!

Neuvillette!! (@edenzcosplay on Instagram!)

It was nice seeing her again alongside Cypher (@cypher_cosplay on Instagram)!!! We first met them back at OZ Comic-Con earlier in June and we always have such nice chats!!!

Thank you for the photo!!

Himeko!!!!! (@gumiho_cosplay on Instagram!!!)

All we're missing is Welt and the Trailblazer and we'd have the whole Astral Express here.

We saw her while walking around, finding it very awesome to see Himeko here as well! Eventually, we went up and asked for a photo with them!

They’re so pretty!!!!

Calli!!!!!! (@cheshrae on Instagram)!

This was the Calli cosplayer Pie was talking about earlier!! We saw her walking by and Pie went to ask for a photo! She was so kind, and even put a hand behind me which made me very happy!!

Very pretty!!

We spent the last of our time at the arcade, playing the various games available!

This time around, we were able to use our Nimo cards on the various rhythm games set up! Pie and I have one from Timezone, they literally gave us them for free since it wasn’t in the system yet!

Sound Voltex was a game we played at AnimeGO last year, so it was nice to play it again! I kept spinning the knobs too much so I always messed up that part of the gameplay.

I was waiting in line for another rhythm game that was next to Sound Voltex after, but unfortunately the wait was quite long (there was another in front of us that we didn’t know about) and I didn’t want to make Pie wait since he wasn’t going to try it out.

We headed back to the city at that point, deciding on getting some food!

It was after 5, which made things harder since most places were closed, again. At the end, we went for Hungry Jacks. It's becoming our tradition for every con, which I don’t mind!

I tried the Big Jack this time around, and it was so damn messy! Pie did tell me so but I wanted to have it so I could say I tried it once in my life. Note to self, don’t ever order this again.

We then went to take photos at the photo booth! It was a self serve one where you simply walk in and use the machine to take photos. We had to take eight photos and we had no idea what poses to do. It was really fun though! I put the picture strip away in my photo album, hehe.

Then we went to Karaoke! It’s our tradition to do this to end the day off! I managed to sing all of the English songs off my list this time around, leaving me with only a few left that were mostly Japanese ones that I didn’t get to.

I think the highlight for me was when I did Zombies on the Lawn from PvZ, Pie did the Zombie voices while I sang the Sunflower parts! We totally slayed that song I feel.

I was running out of songs to sing for Day 2 as I soon learned, which wasn’t good. On the train ride home, I thought up of some more songs based off my Spotify playlists!

I then headed home, taking off my cosplay immediately without a second thought.

I didn’t sleep until after midnight.

Day 2

I woke up at 6am once again to get ready! I only slept for like five or so hours, so I was pretty addled the whole time. For example, I tried to wash my face again when I already washed it.

Getting ready went much quicker this time around though! I was dissatisfied with my makeup while applying it actually and then liked my makeup again after....don't ask.

I had to use more safety pins for the ribbons on March's sleeves because they were about to fall off. It was worth buying them for sure!

The weather was so much better this time around to my surprise too when I stepped out! There was no rain this time, and we had a bit of sunshine! It was perfect since this day was special, very special!

It was Pie's birthday!!!

They are so lucky to have their birthday during a con! I knew that this year, I had to get something for them more tangible than what I did last year! I usually draw something digitally for them, but my drawing tablet is out of order ;;

The cable broke and I haven’t gotten a replacement yet, I want to buy a new tablet since mine is over 5 years old and I think it's time for a new one!

I was thinking long and hard about what to get him, and only one thing really came into my mind: Welt Yang acrylic stand. Pie is Welt Yang's biggest fan and what better to give to such a fan than the character himself?

Mihoyo officially released an acrylic stand with Welt's splash art and I knew it would be such a perfect gift for him! Honestly speaking, I was so busy that I only had time to order something in less than two weeks, so I was fearing I wouldn't be able to get it.

I looked on Ebay, hoping that they a) had the acrylic stand and b) that it would come in time. To my absolute joy, AmiAmi were selling the stand for a decent price AND it would come in time thanks to free express shipping!

I bought it immediately. I actually missed the package the first time since no one was home to pick it up and DHL don't leave packages at the post office. I got it at the end, don’t worry.

I still wanted to draw something for Pie, so I made a card!

I love making cards, I always do for one of my friends, so it was time to do so for them! I drew them doing a JoJo pose because yes for the front and drew myself inside alongside a small message wishing them a very happy birthday!

I used my markers and various traditional supplies, although I wish I had more colours to play with. I’ll get more colours eventually!

For the final present, I got some dark chocolate because he really likes it. It’s not because I already had some lying around or anything in my drawer full of sweets. I'm a bit of a sweet tooth, I can't resist the sugary temptation...

I put all this into a gift bag and brought it with me, making sure not to forget anything!

There were no annoying teenagers on the train this time around, although I did drop my MetroCard and a kinder older lady pointed it out to me. I also forgot to put on my gloves ehe

When Pie and I met at the station, I immediately said happy birthday and gave them the gift bag without letting them say a single word aside from hello.

They asked me if they were meant to open it now, and I answered nonchalantly “if they want” but of course I meant “YES OPEN IT NOW MY FRIEND YOU MUST SEE IT”

We went to sit down at a bench and I watched with excitement as he opened the bag! Pie first pulled out the card, reading the little message I wrote inside for him!

I'm glad he liked the card at the end and the drawings at the end! I worked hard on it, although the inside drawing didn’t want to stick down in place so it kinda just flaps around haha

Then, Pie pulled out the main present.

I could see in their eyes how happy they were seeing the acrylic stand of Welt Yang himself staring back. He excitingly ripped open the plastic wrapping and kept thanking me over and over.

I knew he’d like it.

The chocolate was lastly taken out and he was happy with it of course, but Welt Yang was stealing the show obviously. Pie hugged me while still thanking me for everything profusely.

I'm so happy that he was so happy with it all! I really wanted to surprise him for his birthday!

We then headed on the train back to the Adelaide Showgrounds for Day 2! Our plans this time around were to do our shopping and meet all the famous guests today!

There wasn’t a real line this time around as we noted, so we took this chance to buy some food since we skipped breakfast again.

We ordered the same large fries again! I put Himalayan Pink Salt this time around, but I underestimated how much salt would fly out of the container. We actually got way more fries than last time, which was a win in our books!

Heading in was easy since we already had our Weekend passes, so we just showed them to the security guard and off we went! We sat down at the main stage again, noting how there were many cosplayers lining up on the right side of it.

The Cosplay Parade was about to start, as I quickly worked out. We decided to watch a bit of it and leave once we finished eating our fries. In fact, we stayed for the whole time.

Upon trying to leave, someone asked for our photo and used their 3DS to take it! It was very cool.

The first guest we met was Bryce Papenbrook, the guy who was my literal childhood. He was Kirito, Adrian, Makoto and Nagito….it was a real honor to meet the voice actor of them all! I didn't know what to say to him, but I tried my best!

I spiritually embarrassed myself I feel because I kept blabbering about how he was many characters for me…I’m no good when talking with people I’ve noticed sometimes.

Bryce literally ended the conversation and I’m very thankful he did because man I would have continued on if he didn’t aha.

We actually came at the earliest time, but we had to come back later since he had his panel. We received these little tickets with a number so we wouldn't lose our spots!

I’m happy to have met him though!

ELYSIA (@_lumistar.cos on Instagram) AND EDEN (@shell._cos on Instagram) (dies)

I was so excited to meet them, since I knew beforehand that they would be here as the Elysia and the Eden!!!!

If you didn’t know, I’m a HUGE Honkai Impact 3rd fan who’s been playing through the game! I’m on Chapter 32 right now of Part 1, and I’m playing through Chapter 3 of Part 2!

I was talking with Lumi, the Elysia cosplayer way before the convention who told me that she would be cosplaying as Herrscher of Human: Ego Elysia alongside her friend as Eden and I freaked the heck out, of course.

Elysia is one of my favourite characters and I really liked Eden when I was playing through the Elysian Realm!

HONKAI IMPACT 3RD COSPLAYERS ONCE AGAIN AT MY ANIME CONVENTION I KEEP WINNING

They actually saw us first while we were waiting in line for Bryce and they waved at us before continuing on their trek! It was too bad weren’t able to take photos then but I knew we would get our opportunity, eventually!

If I wasn’t in line, I would have rushed right over to them without a single thought.

Once we finished with Bryce, we headed off to find them! We needed that photo! I needed to see them again before they disappeared somehow haha like some of the other cosplayers from Day 1.

We headed towards the larger area filled with tables and we saw them sitting down at one from afar. Our plan was to leave and come back when they’re done, but they started standing up and eventually came over to us!!!!

You two looked amazing!! I’m so happy I could get a photo with the both of you!!!!

Caelus!!! (The main trio is HERE)

Pie saw them first when we got to the convention, and he was hoping we could get a photo! We didn’t see them for a while, until they appeared in front of us and Pie went right after them.

They looked great!!!

Jing Yuan (@starkiller.cos on Instagram)!!!!!

Pie and I were talking near the main stage, and suddenly we see a bird in between us cutting through our conversation haha

I was so surprised, seeing a Jing Yuan cosplayer right next to us who wanted a photo! Of course we obliged, can’t have too many photos!!

They were really cool!!!

We got to catch a bit of Dokibird and Babybeard's QnA panels!!! We couldn't stick around too long for the both of them, since we had to line up for meeting people and what not.

It was so cool seeing them again! Someone from the audience mentioned by accident something in relation to Doki's past when asking a question and someone literally overreacted by saying it was forbidden and stuff really loudly which was a bit much.

Otherwise, it was very awesome!!

We did buy prints for ourselves and one another, but Tumblr image limit sucks so I can't show them. I can describe them though!

I got Acheron and Robin from HSR prints for myself, while I received Pikamee and Sunday from HSR prints from Pie! I absolutely love them, thank you once again!!!

For Pie, I got them a Silver the Hedgehog square print since they really like Silver and it caught my eye while walking around and a Bruno Bucciarati from JoJo Part 5 print since he's Pie's favourite and immediately knew I had to get it upon sight!!!

I also got three A5 prints of Aventurine and Dr Ratio as gifts for my friend whose birthday is coming up really soon! She REALLY likes the two of them, I can't wait to see her face.

I GOT TO MEET DOKI HERSELF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I will never forget this.

Pie and I rushed over to the guest area where Doki was going to have her meet and greet, noting how there already was a decent line forming.

We inserted ourselves into the end of the line, hoping we would have the chance to meet her! We were pretty sure we would, especially since we each only had about two minutes with her and they did time each person.

It was quite the wait, since all of us had to wait for everything to be set up and for each person in front of us to have their turn. My legs were hurting the whole time, but it was all worth it!

In the middle of it all actually, there were some technical difficulties. The PC that they were using to stream Doki to the large tv screen decided to stop working properly with the headphones and the staff couldn’t work out why or how to fix it.

At the end, they used a laptop and apologized to us all that it had to be like this. I didn’t mind at all, we still could meet her despite how long it took to resolve all the issues which was the important part at the end!

Pie and I actually wrote letters for Doki, since we were allowed to bring gifts for her! I bought this really pretty letter set from Daiso that I used first, and then gave a set to Pie since they wanted to write a letter as well after seeing mine!

There was also a collectible card we could buy with Doki on it, but we had to go to the merch stall as we learnt. On the table, there was a QR code that I decided to scan, finding out that there was a whole scavenger hunt at the con?!

No one told us! We probably would have done it if we knew, a bit of a missed opportunity. It seemed you could have gotten a prize of sorts if you completed it all.

I was nervous the whole wait because a) it’s Doki hello she’s super famous and b) I didn’t really know what to talk to her about.

There was one thing I knew I would definitely say, mention that it was Pie’s birthday before I say goodbye and if she could say happy birthday to him!

I wanted to make his day even better, and I know how awkward it is mentioning that it’s your birthday to someone yourself without it sounding like…entitled? I don’t know how to exactly explain it, but I’d do this for him any time!

Anything for a great friend like Pie! I got you!

My turn finally came around, with me holding my phone out so a staff member could take a photo of me and Doki! They asked if I wanted a selfie or a photo, and there was no way in hell I'd do a selfie without messing it up miserably and looking ugly so I told them I wanted a photo.

Once they did, I sat down and put on the headphones. I said hello, and Doki said hello back! She was talking to meeeee!!! I couldn't believe it!!!!

At that point, there was this very short silence between us that I knew I couldn't let it go further so I started blabbing about how she was here in Adelaide. It was the only thing I could think of at the moment.

I first told her that it was such an honor to meet her, and how I saw the announcement on Twitter. I then said how I watched her karaoke and how she said she visited Adelaide! I literally gushed to her and she didn't seem to mind at all!

I latched onto that topic and it worked out well I feel! I didn't stutter too much or anything, although I feel I did accidently interrupt Doki when she was about to say something at times, I was just that excited and nervous aha.

I only had ten seconds left to talk to her after all this as the staff pointed out, so I went straight to mentioning that it was Pie's birthday and that if she could say happy birthday, it would be amazing.

Doki said that she got me and asked for Pie's name! I told her his real name since I assumed it would be more personal that way! I was so glad that she would do this for me!

I thanked her again before saying goodbye multiple times! I was over the moon after that, standing nearby watching Pie talk to her! I had a stupid grin on my face as I could tell that Doki said something regarding his birthday.

I saw that look towards me Pie, hehe. I said I got you, didn’t I?

Once Pie was done, they ran to me and demanded to hear what I talked to Doki about, noting how I did well and didn't seem too nervous at all! I'm glad I looked that way because I surely didn't feel that way haha.

We spent some time gushing over Doki together, with me finding out that Doki said that I doxxed Pie during their talk (and she wasn't wrong lmao). I was so happy to hear that I made Pie happy with this small little gesture!

I still can't believe I met Doki.

After that, we went to buy the collectible card! We couldn't find the merch stand so we had to ask a staff member, only to find out we were quite literally near it the whole time of course. We had to wait a short while since the staff was busy, but Pie eventually asked about us getting some!

We got SUPER lucky since there were only two left that we paid for immediately!

Our plan was to meet Babybeard as well today, but they were nowhere to be seen interestingly after their QnA panel earlier. We did see PAiDA near where Doki was, but we assumed that meant they were relocated elsewhere. I can only guess their meet and greet was cancelled for some reason, since we couldn't find them at all after walking all around the convention.

We met Doki, so it was fine! I’m sure we will get another chance again someday to meet them!!!

After one final walk around, we decided to leave and head back into the city for some food once again! We decided on the Izakaya we went to last year sometime since we wanted something warm and we had a bit of extra time!

I was practically nearly broke by the end of it all as I could see from my bank account, so I only got myself some Takoyaki while Pie got a ramen bowl. I spent way more than I expected, which isn’t a bad thing!

I just uh...have to not spend crazy amounts of money for a while until I recuperate.

We went to Karaoke once again! I was set since I knew what songs I wanted to sing, while Pie was the one struggling this time. Usually, our roles are reversed and I take forever to choose anything so it was kind of funny.

I think the highlight was when we started singing meme songs out of nowhere. Pie did the HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA song (very impressively I might add) while I did Witch Doctor! It was a lot of fun jamming out to them!

I did sing a whole bunch of Japanese songs this time! I did mess up many times but it was still a lot of fun! I sang Gift and Sevendays Love, Sevendays Friend, two songs from Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live I really like!

I then headed home after that, taking off my cosplay immediately and relaxing near the warm heater. I was going to record some TikToks like I usually do, but I really didn't feel like doing them. Next time, I will!

It was an amazing weekend! I did so many things and met so many people that I will never forget any of the experiences I had alongside Pie!!!

Thank you AVCon!!!! Thank you Pie for the fun time, and thank you to everyone who came up to us for a photo!!!

I love cons so much!!!

-Miku