#now Tingyun

[feathers-and-song]

Kinda want to play with the idea of Kai x Tingyun.

Peppy storeowner with a smile for everyone x old war hardened solider who smiles for no one

Kai is getting all the bitches

and has no swag

His emotionless rizz is picking up everyone /j

[stellarfoxian]

tingyun’s ears are so sensitive. you’ll notice them moving ever so slightly throughout the day, flicking towards noise, or lowering if she’s unimpressed. touching them is a privilege! a sign she really trusts you.

so the first time she let you touch them, you were ecstatic! you ran your fingers along their lengths gently, keeping an eye on her reactions to make sure she’s not uncomfortable. and oh, she is FAR from uncomfortable. you notice her pushing her ears closer to you, purring loudly and unapologetically. it melts your heart, she’s being so cute.

when you’re eventually done, she pouts.

“do you have to stop so soon?”

“tingyun it’s been 5 minutes.”

“and?”

she loves the feeling of your hands on her ears, and she’ll definitely be asking you to pet her again.

[ngkhyn]

[44rtem]

jiaoqiu has left me in SHAMBLES. Nobody talk to me for the next 24 hours…

[mymarifae]

sooooooo when i jokingly said to myself "haha did ruan mei play aeonic necromancy on tingyun's remains or something" i wasn't expecting that to literally be the case what the fuck

[endlesslytired]

Soooo Hoyoverse. We had Himeko talking like a divorced wife about Kafka in Keeping Up with Star Rail, then Topaz is flirting hard with her in the update stream? Who is it you want us to ship lol?

[spooky-activity]

Bronya pls come join my team we’re all so normal here

[teddybeartoji]

thank you everybody who crossed their fingers and toes bc aventurine AND acheron are now both safely at home:3333333333

[another-goblin]

Random thoughts on Sunday and new Tingyun

Now that they officially teased playable Sunday, I'm worried about something. The game tends to introduce important things about characters to then completely disregard them (I think Blade is the biggest victim of this; I might make a post about it. I mean, currently he's just like a grumpy but harmless socially awkward uncle. He might have been a bit mean to our friend, but it's all in the past, right? Nothing bad worthy of addressing. Not like he was teased as a cosmic-level threat, a spirit of vengeance fueled by pain and madness who subjected DH to decades, if not centuries, of exquisit torture and killed thousands of innocent people).

So Sunday is basically a typical "morally-grey" vilian, doing a very bad thing "for greater good." And let's not forget what he did to Aventurine. He prodded into his past, knowing that it's a very painful topic to him, with no reason basically, just to show that he has an upper hand. And then just doomed him to 17 hours of absolute torture and inavitable death in the end, knowing full well that he isn't responsible for Robin's "death." Again, vilian behavior.

How is the game going to deal with it? My prediction - by completely ignoring it. He's going to be just a normal chill guy who just loves his sister. The story will handwave everything he did off as his mentor's fault or something. I really hope I'm wrong. A character being forced to face and process the bad things they did and achieve character development through it would be a first for this game. But just wait and see them completely neuter one of their most interesting, complex, and morally-grey characters.

BTW, they really have a tendency to remove responsibility from characters. 

Whatever Blade did, it's not his fault because he was driven crazy by mara and Jingliu's torture. But it's not her fault because she was driven crazy by mara and whatever Yingxing and Dan Feng did to Baiheng. But it's not their fault either, because although they kind of still exist enough to create some kind of connection with these past events, it's not enough to bear any responsibility for what their past selves did. A lot of very bad things happened, but nothing is anybody's fault, how convenient. Similarly, what Cocolia did isn't her fault because she was controlled by stellaron. I hope they won't do something like that to Sunday.

Speaking of new characters, not gonna lie, I'm very excited to see new Tingyun (also glad to see a new version of a non-Astral Express character).

I hope she's not some messed-up zombie reanimated by Ruan Mei, but our good old actual Tingyun. But her return to Luofu is going to be awkward. I mean, we had a whole sad little event, everybody saying their heartfelt goodbye to her and stuff, giving her postimous gifts. A bit impolite of her to return alive now. 

But that finally puts an end to the idea that there are stakes and that playable characters can die. After so many fakeouts, it loses its impact; even if they actually kill a character for good one day, nobody will believe it. My prediction: next they'll find a way to make Misha and Gallagher "real boys."

btw isn't it weird how they make very similar characters sometimes? First we have two 5-star young barefoot girls, who are physical destruction and have very similar mechanics. Now two 5-star fire nihility foxians with pink tails.

[aystoria]

SHE WINKED AT ME.

[stellarfoxian]

if you needed her, she’d be there.

whether you just need her to listen, to cuddle you, to just be there, tingyun would do it. you are the love of her life, and she would do anything if it meant that you’d be okay.

so when you come to her crying, she’s immediately at your side.

“baby, what’s wrong?” she asks softly, her worry plastered all over her face.

she’ll hold you if you need, opening her arms wide and wrapping them around you tightly. she’s warm, she’s soft, she’s comfortable, she’s your safe place. she feels like home, her tail brushes against your lower back. it feels soft and comfortable. her hand rubs circles on your back while you cry, and she nuzzles you sympathetically. she’ll stay like that for as long as you need, even helping you to the bed.

if you’d rather just talk, she’d be all ears. she helps you sit down somewhere. wherever it is, she’s right next to you, her eyes resting on your face and her ears angled towards you to show that she’s listening. she’ll offer advice if you ask her, trying her best to be reasonable yet respectful to your feelings. tingyun validates how you feel, and makes sure you are heard and understood.

want to sit in silence? that’s fine with her. she’ll get comfortable nearby and busy herself with work things, personal projects, whatever. when you’re ready to talk, if you’re ready to talk, she’ll drop everything and be ready to listen. you’ll notice her ears angled slightly towards you even while she’s facing away. even if she seems busy, she’s more focused on you than anything else.

to tingyun, you’ll never be a burden. she loves you, and she’s vocal about it. she’ll always be by your side.

[colleianbars]

// hsr 2.7 spoilers

took me an embarassingly long time to figure out wonweek stood for "one week"

[luselih]

hsr 2.7 spoilers ahead ‼️

luocha i’m patiently waiting for your lore drop 🧎‍♀️‍➡️

[cheriafreya]

Penacony's 2.0-2.2 patches: genuinely HSR's peak, full of unforgettable moments. I still get chills watching the cutscenes and some of them still make me cry like the first day.

Penacony's 2.3, 2.6 and 2.7 patches:

[hawkinasock]

I said I'd stop pulling when I lost the 50/50, and well

[mymarifae]

hsr age estimates... i was just sorting out my thoughts since same face has everyone except the Kiddos looking like they're 20 when that's definitely not true for a good chunk of them + ages are EXTRA poorly defined due to not all the characters being human and having different life spans. so for those guys these numbers are like. vague equivalences. also using the 20s as an example "early" would be anything from 20 to 25 and "late" is 26 to 30