#the trailblaze trio

[stelladess]

This is profiling! It is slander! Pom has NO proof of wrongdoing!

Would these 3 mature, responsible and serious trailblazers ever do any shenanigans?!

[minart-was-taken]

Saw a post abt how Dan Heng should get a Tuskpir and YEAAAAAH

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

the kids share one braincell and its purpose is to help people

[kwoojii]

[averaillisa]

🌌💫😴.

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

today i bring you trailblazer trio. tomorrow? who knows

[curaree]

the handshake was nice but I would've liked a hug!!

[bedriddenandcrying]

3 tickets for the Barbie movie please

[cinthgarden]

so...1.2 huh (EXPLODES)

[chiricat]

[photo added to the archives!] 🍡

[feroluce]

I have finally finished 2.4 and oh my GOD watching Dan Heng be so protective of his friends nearly killed me, MY HEART.

And yes, the cutscene where he pushes the trailblazer out of the way and even cushions their fall with his own body, but I mean even before that! When he was already trying to protect them and March 7th from Feixiao and Lingsha!!

Because if you watch the dango trio throughout the main quest, you'll notice that they often position themselves in the same way, which is a detail that makes me super happy that Hoyo thought to include- when the three of them aren't evenly spaced, March 7th and the trailblazer tend to gravitate towards each other and stand very close together, frequently side-by-side. And by comparison, Dan Heng usually stands slightly away, and often even slightly behind them, where he can pull on their leashes to wrangle them keep an eye on them.

This is probably a habit learned through experience, since March 7th said during Belobog she is the "queen of unannounced disappearances" fjdksajfkldjsak

And of course at least a little bit of it is just done for like, aesthetic purposes. It's a video game. Things have to look nice for the player. The trailblazer and Dan Heng are the same height, March 7th is a bit shorter, and Yanqing is even smaller. It makes sense to have the trailblazer and Dan Heng stand on the ends, with March 7th and Yanqing in the middle, it just looks nicer and more balanced that way. But still! Even when they're accommodating for Yanqing in this quest, they still all arrange themselves the same way, almost every time!

But this changes after Dan Heng and Yanqing become suspicious of the visitors from the Yaoqing.

The dango trio still stand around relaxed and in their usual manner when they go to the artisanship delve and meet Skott,

but Dan Heng takes notice of Lingsha when she arrives, and he and Yanqing mentioned her specifically when discussing their worries.

Yanqing worrying so much about Jing Yuan got me right in the heart, he's such a good boy WEH

And when the four of them go out to the alchemy delve to meet Lingsha for tea, the pattern breaks. Suddenly Dan Heng is standing right up front, and even walks in and enters the scene before March 7th and the trailblazer to get to Lingsha before them. He stays a step in front of them the whole time, too.

And then when Dan Heng and the trailblazer have to go be interrogated by Feixiao! The same deal! Dan Heng walks in ahead of them and stays in front of them! Noticeably so! Enough that even Feixiao takes note and voices it!

Dan Heng is so so fiercely protective of his companions, and I love it, I adore hyper vigilance in the wake of trauma like this, I'm so excited to see what else he does in 2.5, I hope we either get to see him get fucked up or the trailblazer gets fucked up in his place, I wanna see them run through the meat grinder!!!

[bloomingnewwrld]

Long time no astral trio

[rokurokuronashi]

Distractions

Yeah!

[decapod-appreciator]

March 7th, smug as hell, having scored the two most fucked up prettyboys in the galaxy,

[oomfigaro]

1 - bidding for the former high elder of the vidyadhara starts now!

[kavehscanvas]

My declaration of love towards the hc that trailblazer is warm because of the stellaron inside them

I used March's room as a reference because SOMEONE sleeps on the floor of the archives and ANOTHER SOMEONE doesn't even have a room

Inspired by this post!