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Maybe I’m wrong, but doesn’t Ratio wear a plaster head because he doesn’t want to see idiots? Or what he considers idiots at the very least? So, if that’s the case, why isn’t he wearing one around us at our second meeting? I can understand that he views Asta and Screwllum as equals but us? The way he talks to us makes it seem as though he would see us as an idiot, but he still doesn’t wear one. Granted, he did have it on on our first meeting but still…
YOU JUST KILLED BRONYA’S MOTHER
Happy 1st Anniversary from the Astral Express crew!! 🚂💫
schoolgirls in space 💫
Morality Lesson💫
Inspired by “Morality Lesson” by Will Stetson (on yt!)
Would Nanook TECHNICALLY be our parent since they made the stellarons and we have one inside us?
Just a thought :)))
THE FUCKIGNG VOICE ACTING FOR RUAN MEI'S LIFEFORMS ARE SO FUCKING FUNNY OH MY GOD I LOVE ENG CAELUS
HES SO PRECIOUS AND I LOVE HIM SO
Eidolon art "blueprint"
I've been looking over Eidolons in Star Rail today and thought it'd be fun to try and figure out how exactly the art on them works (i.e. what is the principle behind it, what they have in common between different characters, that sort of stuff).
There will be 1 (ONE) 2.1 story spoiler in here, so beware!
I haven't seen anyone else discuss this, so I've taken it upon myself to write an essay on it! This is relatively small and based entirely on my observations of the art. Feel free to use this as a basis for designing eidolons for your OCs if you want.
There will be example(s) for each part to help visualise the point I'm making as well as descriptions for the ones I'll use (some of the descriptions are much more detailed than others).
Eidolon 1
Shows view of the character from the back 3/4th to the left, up to their shoulders.
Eidolon 2
A close up of either of the character's eyes, showing off the details.
Eidolon 3
The view is entirely unique: the perspective, pose, and focus of the composition is meant to showcase an aspect of the character's personality.
Examples:
● Dan Heng. Back view, focus on his earphones as well as the maple leaf in his hand;
● Silver Wolf. Front view, focus on the game console in her hands;
● Himeko. Front view, focus on her facial expression and the pen in her hand.
Eidolon 4
Gives view of the character mostly from the front (either full-on or at an angle) or with them facing the camera in some way, up to their shoulders. Often has characters establish eye contact with the camera, but not necessary. Another showcase of their personality possibly might even represent how they interact with others.
Examples:
● March 7th. Back view with her head turned to look at the camera, making a peace sign. She's the only real outlier I've found so far, but it fits her personality fully;
● Aventurine. Front facing the camera, tipping (pulling down?) his hat and hiding one eye behind his hand as a result, obscuring his face;
● Bronya. Front, turned to the right, has a serious listening expression, one hand one her chest, closer to the heart. Perhaps a show of sincerity and dedication.
Eidolon 5
A close-up of the character's neck/collarbone area (despite the popular belief, it doesn't actually focus on their chest). The angle varies, as does the amount of character's expression shown, but generally, most of it is obscured (even in fuller pictures).
Examples:
● Herta. 3/4th angle, focus on the key hanging from her choker. The only part of her expression we see is her typical smug little smile;
(This Herta is one of many puppet avatars so the key might be a play on that. She also has a keyhole on the front of her outfit, though they're different sizes. There's also a key on a book cover in her splash art. Another fun fact, her upgrade materials are "Keys" as she is one of the first Erudition characters)
● Dr. Ratio. Focus on the pendant/decoration on his collarbones (maybe the Intelligentsia Guild insignia?), he has that "lips in a thin line" sort of expression;
● Black Swan. Focus on the heart decoration on her collarbones (reference to the stained glass in her ultimate, which in itself, loosely, calls back to Fuli, the Remembrance). She has her slight enigmatic smile.
Eidolon 6
Like E3, the view is entirely unique. The only consistent thing is that it ends at about the middle of a character's chest. The character is naked, showing them at their most vulnerable.
Examples:
● Misha. View from the side, his body turned in on itself as he hugs some sort of glowing orb. As a result, he's only illuminated at the points of contact. His expression is relaxed, but there's an interesting amount of seriousness in it, as if he's soothing/protecting the object;
● Sparkle. 3/4th to the left, has her hands up to her chest, one holding onto the other. A red string is tied into a four-petal flower shape around her pinkie finger, which sticks out from the rest of her fingers. Her expression is fully relaxed, her mouth is even slightly open, but the face paint is still on, and her hair is tied up;
● Acheron. View from the front, though her body is slightly turned to the left. She's in her self-annihilator state: hair white, the red thorn-like tattoos surround her lower neck and collarbones. There are red flowers outlined in white, either blooming on or flowing near her, some on her shoulders, some covering her left eye, others flying off. Interestingly, the flowers are placed loosely on a diagonal, bottom left to top right. Her expression is fully relaxed, mouth open slightly, and her hair is flowing to the side. That, paired with the flowers, makes it seem like there's a breeze passing by.
The conclusion I came to, upon finishing this analysis, is that Eidolons can be interpreted as the layers to characters' personality. With E1 being what anyone in the crowd could see – their back, no face, nothing to truly identify them by, and E6 is them at their most relaxed, most open point.
;; said ‘screw it’ and revisited/finished that one drawing
“...All around me, the world is shaking -- Inside, my heart is breaking -- but I can’t give in, even if I’m aching to be free!
I’ve got to take it all in my stride -- Got to keep my head high with pride -- cos we all know...
THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!”
-headcanon-
I HC that the E6 for HSR characters is what they are at their core. So the only reason characters like Boothill, Dan Heng IL, Acheron, Welt Yang, trailblazer, and firefly look different in their E6.
Boothill is a human in his E6, Dan Heng IL is a child (start of the rebirth cycle), Acheron’s hair is white, welt is a child, Trailblazer has their Stellaron glowing, and firefly’s body is fading.
It’s their cores. It’s them as a whole.
Hello! May I request the Astral Express Crew (Platonic) ((maybe plus Jing Yuan if your okay with that)) reacting to frail!soft!observant!reader, who usually either stays on the express with PomPom or running small (relatively safe) errands, having extremely strong mental resilience?
The group is confronting a very enemy that has the ability to cause agonizing mental pain (turns out its the enemies severe depression) with their mind powers by using their opponents' fears against them. (Which the pain alone had the ability and has driven people insane) It's kept everyone else back a significant distance (including Welt and Jing Yuan), except he reader, who appears to be completely unaffected.
Turns out the reader had enured the same agonizing mental pain that was inflicted on everyone(which exponentially increased the closer they got to the enemy). Due to their past experiences with living with moderate to severe depression and the high levels of self-actualization they had gained as a result, the reader managed to pull through and defeat the enemy alone with some injuries.
Yeah, they cried and was much more softer and frail afterward, but they made a full (mental) recovery after a few days of just resting in their cabin on the Express. Even then, the reader still made the effort of checking in on everyone afterward and offering comfort, space, or just company if needed. ( Reader knows they have the experience and the tools to cope, and they know that the others are more shaken than they say they are)
Thank you.
👁-👁 Anon
Thank you so much for requesting!!! I hope this is to your heart's liking 👁-👁 Anon. I hope to hear from you again!!
Title: Resilience
Pairing/s: Platonic Astral Express Crew (+ Jing Yuan)
Genre: Angst w/happy ending
Word count: 825
I can imagine it was supposed to be a regular mission with the express trio (March 7th, Trailblazer and Dan Heng) at the Loufu. Some kind of Marastruck shenanigans. But obviously the enemy turned out to be tougher than they look and took down the three with its power. Thankfully, both Welt and Jing Yuan were nearby to help. That backfired badly when the enemy attacked them and after back and forth, it had landed hits on both of them, giving them the same sense of depression as everyone else had.
Back on the express, Himeko, MC, and PomPom were getting worried when they hadn’t heard anything from the crew in a while. It took a while, but a distress call was sent to the express. Himeko volunteered to go alone, but MC quickly joined in, saying two people would be better than one.
They quickly found everyone a ways away from the abnormal marastruck. Himeko and MC rushed to help everyone get back on their feet.
“What happened here?” Himeko asked looking over an in agony Welt.
“The marastruck, it’s playing tricks with our minds, making us see what we’re afraid of the most.” Welt explained, clutching his head.
“We need to get everyone far away!”
With Himekos order, MC and Himeko gathered everyone away to a safe distance. But even that didn’t do much to help.
“We need a healer. Jing Yuan, are there any nearby? ” MC asked to the slouched over general.
“Call Lady Bailu, she’ll know what to do…”
Before Himeko or MC could even reach for their phones, the abnormal marastruck found them and charged at them. Himeko tried to hold it back but was hit with a head on blast.
MC stared at the marastruck as it dropped Himekos body down to the ground. It walked slowly towards MC. But to everyone’s surprise, the usually soft spoken and danger avoidant MC stood their ground, showing no fear. Summoning their weapon MC got into a fighting stance, placing their body in front of everyone and acting as a shield.
“You’re… the last one… standing…” the marastruck spoke, its voice distorted. With a flick of its hand, the emotions started to overwhelm everyone further.
MC knew that there was little time left.
“So what’s your power? Being a pain in everyone’s ass? Or being annoying?”
“You speak so highly, SO I’LL MAKE YOU REGRET COMING HERE!!!” the marastruck ran towards the MC, aiming to kill.
“You use your own fear against everyone; wither them down until nothings left of their mind, making them join you.” MC spoke, anger in their voice as they lifted their weapon high and getting ready to fight.
It drew closer, as did its effect on everyone behind MC.
“I hope you had your fun, because this is the last time you make anyone suffer!” MC shouted as they used their weapon, and with one hit, blasted the marastruck into oblivion.
With all their willpower and adrenaline leaving their body, MC collapsed onto the ground panting and crying.
“Is everyone alright?” MC asked, voice cracking in between sobs as they looked towards the equally exhausted group behind them.
Weak ‘all rights’ and thumbs ups were thrown their way.
It took a while for everyone to recover fully. Thankfully, nearby guards had been notified and they rushed to aid everyone. A few days had passed and Jing Yuan had come aboard the express to check in with everyone else.
“Say how did you avoid the power of that abnormal marastruck?” Ying Yuan asked.
“Oh, I didn’t…” MC chuckled anxiously, getting embarrassed from the revealment.
“HUH?! So you powered through it?” March 7th asked with a bewildered expression her face.
“…yes?” MC asked timidly, folding into themselves.
“Please don’t do that again. You could have seriously injured yourself.” Sighing Welt said.
“Forget that! You have to come trailblazing with us again!” March 7th exclaimed.
“Agreed,” Trailblazer spoke, the same excitement on their face.
“No way, that was too much excitement and chaos for one lifetime.” MC spoke, abhorrently denying their further agreement.
“I have to agree to that statement!” PomPom exclaimed, “Who else would help around the express if not MC. We have enough trouble makers as is! You leave my best helper alone!”
Laughing and enjoying everyone’s company, MC looked out of the windows in the parlour car.
“So how did you deal with all of those emotions?” Dan Heng asked.
“Oh I have my ways…” MC replied, a small smile on their face.
As the days passed and the event was slowly going to the backs of everyone’s minds, MC still made sure to check in on everyone. Making Himeko her morning coffee extra warm and comforting, assisting March 7th with getting more secret photos, going on walks with Welt, just enjoying each other’s companies. All of these things carried on just in case someone needed the extra reassurance that everything was fine.
I think Honkai: star rail should add a function where the player has their own room and can decorate it with little trinkets from the places they have been to.
did not plan to draw honkai star rail fanart ever and im also pretty sure someone has done this already but. pov youre an unsealed stellaron thats causing problems
TRIO FOREVER!!!!
More trio shenanigans bc I love them so dearly 😭
A really big post of just my star rail doodles (more below)
I just thought of a little fun Stelle/Trailblazer headcannon
When the Trailblazer is excited: Little yellow sparkles float around their head from the path of harmony
When the Trailblazer is angry: Little sparks of flames sprout from their hands, hot enough to melt only a little metal from the path of preservation
When the Trailblazer is pumped: they glow a dim silver reminiscent of their bat from the path of destruction
Etc. Etc. When more paths are unlocked
Racoon!Stelle x Artist!Lumine, but poorly drawn and done lazily (photo taken by photographer yours truly March 7th, I mean). Have what you will :) also Lumine is standing on an invisible step ladder.
I'm going to release a fic based on this on AO3 (probably, don't quote me on that). Stelle x Lumine = Stellumi. Please help me keep this ship alive :(