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baeshijima · 8 months

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hey so haha what if dan feng actually did all that he did to stop the high elder succession cycle was to actually prevent future generations from living a life full of weighty expectations, judgement, scorn and being seen as simply not human and someone without emotion just as he was, because he discovered first hand what it meant to love and be loved and be wholly accepted for who he was (read: the high-cloud quintet).

he discovered a world where he was not imbibitor lunae, high elder of the vidyadhara, but one where he was just dan feng. and he wanted others to live freely among the people without restrictions (reproduction, being seen as nothing but some higher entity, etc) and so looked for ways which allowed such, only to end up committing a grave sin and betraying those who looked up to him.

imagine all this, only for him to be known as someone who "was everything, but never a person with emotions and feelings", as the preceptors would say, which would then be passed down as fact through the generations outside of his heroic stories. jing yuan could never speak up, because he is the general, and biased opinions would only do more harm than good when the consequences override everything else.

and dan heng even sees dan feng as such a person the preceptors practically brainwashed him to believe during his captivity in the shackling prison as he was forced to bear the weight of dan feng's sins despite not being him. this can be seen in the animated short where dan feng's eyes are lifeless and blank, his voice monotone throughout in what is merely dan heng's imagination of him as a way to combat his past and finally move forward.

("In all the dreams, he was a dragon, a hero, a sinner, but never a person with love, hatred, sorrow, or joy like everyone else in this world." - from the description of the animated short in what i believe to be dan heng's molded view of dan feng.)

even to the end, dan feng is just a mere projection of what the preceptors want him to be.

but, in an ironic way, dan heng is living out the ideal life of dan feng; one where he is free to be himself without restraint, and to love and be loved (read: the astral express).

idk dan feng is a tragic character to me and i will die on this hill.

#may the stars guide you <3 #throws up i hate honkai star rail dan heng slash dan feng lore parallels #I NEEDED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST BC IM WRITING THE DAN HENG FIC AND BLAAAARRRGGHHHHH #anyway when i saw these earlier in dan hengs companion mission i was like “ah fuck here we go again with another tragic character”#i knew i liked dan feng for a reason god fuck it all

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