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These are my January to June empties for this year! I'll start posting these more often. July will be next! For this month specifically I'm only putting the rating and maybe a couple of comments.
**Disclaimer: These ratings are all based on personal experience and opinion. If I didn't like them, they may simply not work with my skin or routine.**
January 2023 - June 2023 empties:
Tula triple vitamin c serum - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
Tula Triple-Hydra™ Complex day & night serum - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
COSRX AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner - 💗💗💗💗💗
→ An all time fave! Will rebuy when I'm done with other toners.
Farmacy Honey Halo Face Moisturizer - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel - 💗💗💗💗💗
→ Another all time fave, will use as my daily nighttime moisturizer once finished with other moisturizers.
The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution - 💗💗💗💗🖤
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser - 💗🖤🖤🖤🖤
CeraVe Hydrating Toner - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
The INKEY List Azelaic Acid 10% - 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Living Proof no frizz shampoo & conditioner - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
NatureLab. Tokyo Perfect Smooth Conditioner - 💗💗💗💗🖤
Paula's Choice C5 Super Boost Moisturizer - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Light Fluid Tinted Sunscreen 50 spf - 💗💗💗💗💗
→ Is now my go-to matte sunscreen, love it.
Tula 24/7 moisture hydrating day & night cream - 💗💗💗💗🖤
→ My current daytime moisturizer! Wears super well under makeup.
Beauty Bakerie instabake concealer - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
bliss block star invisible daily sunscreen 30 spf - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
purlisse Radiant Glow Illuminating BB Cream spf 30 - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
Exuviance Age Reverse Day Repair with sunscreen spf 30 - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
fresh rose hydrating facial cream - 💗🖤🖤🖤🖤
pixi Glow Tonic - 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Exuviance Daily Corrector with sunscreen spf 35 - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
La Roche-Posay Pure Vitamin C Cream - 💗💗💗💗🖤
Sunday Riley Good Genes Lactic Acid Treatment - 💗💗🖤🖤🖤
Lancome Advanced Genifique Yeux - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
→ I got this 50% off, I don't know if I'd buy it again.. but I think it helped reduce the dark circles under my eyes.
L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Moisturizer - 💗💗💗🖤🖤
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hi can you post popchop i havent seen popchop since i stopped using twitter
she turned 6 years old last month!
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2012. la Pointe-Rouge. Un Arbre de Judée, une exuvie (mue) de cigale, une acanthe, une glycine butinée par un bourdon...
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The Luofu Rundown
So it's come to my attention that a lot of people don't quite understand some of the lore so I'm gonna explain it as best as I can.
So number one is that we've gotta understand it's confusing as absolute fuck. Even for me. I know the story well but it took a lil time and research to understand as much as I do now.
Okay so first thing: The story is unfinished. Yes. It's unfinished. That was for a reason. We learn really early on that there are 7 Xianzhou ships run by the 7 Arbiter-Generals. It was briefly mentioned in the 2.1 Special Program that we will be revisiting the Xianzhou soon. It's also kind of implied that it's a "to be continued" with Jingliu's companion quest as well as us not knowing what really happened to the Luofu and Jing Yuan after the Stellaron crisis was resolved and the whole Phantylia bit.
Second thing: Let me just break down the very many groups brought up and their relations to this story. Phantylia is a Lord Ravager. The Lord Ravagers are emanators of Destruction. She took Tingyun's form so that nobody would know it was her and then killed the body and took the form she had in the boss battle. That form was killed but not Phantylia herself. Jing Yuan relied on the chance of her wanting to turn him into a pawn so that he could have her linked to him which is when he summoned the Lightning Lord and told Dan Heng to stab him.
Next up we've got the Abundance aka Yaoshi. Yaoshi's "blessing" of long life was more of a curse to the people because the mind and body aren't meant to live that long which is what the whole mara-struck thing is. Luocha is linked to this which is why he's basically on Jing Yuan's watchlist and the whole reason he was brought to the Shackling Prison and why Jing Yuan was interrogating him in Scalegorge Waterscape during Jingliu's quest. And also because he wanted to talk about Jingliu but unrelated.
Another kinda confusing faction that we actually don't know much about is the High Cloud Quintet. To sum it up basically about 8 centuries before our current time there was a legendary group of five heroes who were called the High Cloud Quintet. Baiheng was a foxian starskiff pilot who died during a war. Her death is what spelled the beginning of the end for this group. Dan Feng was the High Elder of the Vidyhadara. The old Imbibitor Lunae. He tried to illegally use a charm to bring her back and of course the Preceptors(like a council of the Vidyhadara) disapproved and ordered he be imprisoned and forced an exuviation charm onto him which forced him into molting rebirth. He was the past incarnation of Dan Heng. Yingxing is basically past Blade. He used to be a short life species but got turned into a long life species which has made him unable to die despite his many tries. Jingliu was the old Sword Champion and renowned for her skills on the battlefield. She was Jing Yuan's old master and trained him from a very young age. Her companion quest implies she cared very deeply for Baiheng with her wanting to preform a foxian soul soothing ceremony because Baiheng never got one. Based on timeline Baiheng's death may have been the reason she became mara-struck in the first place. Jing Yuan is the only one who remained of the Quintet when everything went to shit. He is now one of the 7 Arbiter-Generals and leads the Cloud Knights of the Luofu. He has the blessing of the Aeon Lan which is what gifted him the Lightning Lord and is passed on through the Generals. Although he doesn't say it outright it's pretty obvious what happened to the Quintet stays with him but he pushes it down to avoid becoming mara-struck.
Another thing people forget: While there was a Stellaron crisis that was the Express' initial reason for visiting that was not our focus pretty early on. Once we caught wind of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus(basically a kinda cult who follow Yaoshi) our focus shifted and then Phantylia killed Tingyun's body and she was our target. Welt states at one point after the boss fight later on in the timeline that the stellaron was taken care of.
Some people also don't understand Dan Heng's part in the story and I'll admit there's a few things I don't understand myself but I know a bit. The reason he avoided the Luofu at first was because he grew up in the Shackling Prison and that obviously messed him up. He came on when he wasn't getting responses to our texts because as much as it hurt him he cared about his Express family more. Whenever we switch to his perspective we learn more about the past and what he's running from. It all comes to a head when we get to Waterscape and Blade is there with Kafka and Yanqing. Yanqing tries to stop Blade and Dan Heng when he figures out they're actually both criminals because it's his job as Lieutenant to protect the Luofu. I'll admit I don't know what about getting stabbed made Dan Heng unlock his Imbibitor Lunae form but that happens. Jing Yuan arrives and blah blah blah boss fight. I know it's somewhat linked to the exuviation charm because we find out it was incomplete and is the reason he retains some memories of the past but that's where my own knowledge ends sadly.
Another quick tidbit people miss: The Stellaron Hunters, The Express, and Jing Yuan all had different intentions for what they did. Blade was there to get revenge because he blames Dan Feng for who he is now. Kafka was basically stirring the pot. Jing Yuan was using everyone like pawns on a chessboard so that he could battle Phantylia and save the Luofu(He ain't the Divine Foresight for nothin I guess). The Express Crew were there to stop the Stelleron crisis at first but shifted focus. Dan Heng only joined this purpose when he was fearing for his friends safety.
I think I covered everything. I dunno send an ask if there's anything confusing I'm always down to yap about this stuff and these characters.
#honkai star rail#jing yuan#dan heng#hsr blade#hsr kafka#this was so much longer than i intended#pure yapfest out here sorry
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With how hot it was, Jaune, Pyrrha, and May were looking for any way to break the heat wave that was happening around them. Eventually, Jaune and Pyrrha manage to convince May to swim with them in the pool, May being given one of Pyrrha's spare bikinis, to her chagrin due to how much larger up top she was. But they enjoy themselves, May eventually getting more animated and diving into the pool and surfacing with a laugh, though she's unsure why Jaune and Pyrrha are blushing so hard (lost bikini top, sexy pool fun)
SPLASH
May couldn't believe that she was actually having fun! On hot days, she preferred staying in, after all her heavy set clothes only exuviated the already burning temperatures, and she didn't exactly want to show off her assets. But when her boyfriend and girlfriend had managed to convince her to head to them to a private pool Pyrrha had rented out, she'd decided to come along.
The trek here had been long and hard, the heat having nearly keeled her over a few times before they'd finally gotten here. Thankfully, she didn't have to change, having instead chosen to wear her bikini underneath. The outfit had been... daring to say the least, but she wanted to show off for Pyrrha and Jaune every now and then.
So of course, they had gawked when she'd revealed what could barely be counted as a bikini, her bare slit barely barriered by a small piece of fabric. She flushed when she first realized that her clit was practically in perfect view, despite the material digging into her plump flesh.
Her breasts, wide and heavy, practically popped the little string upon the bikini top, and her areola, large and dark, were hardly covered at all. It wasn't as if they could see her nipples, as she had an unfortunate disposition for inverted stubs. She swallowed nervously when they first watched her, but eventually felt a bit better upon realizing that they were looking at her with the lure of attraction.
Thankfully, their hormones had been kept in check, and the three of them had managed to enjoy each other's company.
At least, that's what was happening before she pulled out of the pool one time, to find them gawking once more. She could have sworn their eyes were going to fall out of their eye-sockets, especially Pyrrha as she gave her a predatory glance.
"Wh...what?" She asked awkwardly.
Though she doubted Pyrrha would be able to answer her.
Jaune, thankkfully did, even though he couldn't keep his gaze off of her. "Uh... May... you're top it uhm, it snapped."
Her eyes widened as her arms slugn around her chest, tugging and squishing the massive melon sized orbs together into a folded round bags of meat. "Wha?!" She looked around, only to find that same top she'd worn, snapped at the front and center, floating near her.
She began to panic, but found herself unable to do anything as PYrrha's hands wrapped around her wrists, tugging her arms apart as she locked lips with her.
She could hear Jaune sighing and saying something along the lines of, "Good thing we have all day..." Before also approaching her, taking a position behind her as his hands reached around and clutching around her chest. Fingers digging into her round fatty orbs, letting the excess meat spill between his digits as he tugged, grindined, and kneaded her sensitive breasts.
She felt her eyes rolling into the back of her head, realizing that this trip was about to turn a whole lot more sensual.
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Exuviation
warning for some blood/non-graphic injury.
exuviation, n. the process of molting; to shed (a skin or similar outer covering).
An origin comic for Talen, featuring his creator Maligne (belonging to Dracaena53).
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You know I love this game because I'm willing to look up the meaning of words like sedition and exuviation
sedition (n.) - incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
exuviation (n.) - the process of molting
So Imbibitor Lunae rebelled against the last general of the Luofu and the Vidyadhara used a charm to reincarnate him against his will (this failed, leading to Dan Heng having some of Dan Feng's memories)
It's ...kind of sad to think that after all of that Jing Yuan became the general of the Luofu, alone.
Dan Heng didn't even go through the proper rebirthing cycle which is effectively a funeral for the Vidyadhara and closure for the people who knew them.
Don't get me started on Blade being mara-struck which left him with only the bad memories of that time.
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2010. Marseille en été.
Insectes et plantes au Mont Rose:
- Cigale et son exuvie (mue)
- Pavot cornu
- Megascolia maculata flavifrons
- Concombre-d’âne (Ecballium elaterium)
- Criquet égyptien
- Echinops ritro
- Mylabres à quatre points en train de niquer sur une fleur de Carotte sauvage!
- Machaon sur une scabieuse
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Title: Until forever ends
Series: Honkai Star Rail
Relationship: JingHeng (or mostly JingFeng i guess??)
Rating: T
Warnings: spoilers for the 1.2 story update and also some 1.3 leaks
Summary:
This time for sure, Jing Yuan was determined to properly say his goodbyes.
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Jing Yuan always has, by nature, been an opportunist.
Give him a ten-minute break from his paperwork and he would go missing for the rest of the day. Grant him an opening, be it in a game of starchess or in actual battle, and he will conquer.
Give him a chance to save one person he loves, and he would try to save all of them.
And he would fail, miserably. Inadvertently. Brilliant as he may be, lauded as the best tactical genius in the Xianzhou for the past millennia—he was still all but a singular man. Limited in his capabilities, powerless to bend the world completely to his will.
He was powerless, as he watched the Judges of the Ten Lords Commission subjugate the rampaging Imbibitor Lunae as they would a rabid beast. As the ground shook and the air weighted with sea salt, as Dan Feng roared his haunting cloudhymns towards the heavens with despairing ferocity and summoned the ancient sea to tear the Luofu itself asunder.
Dan Feng, in all his godly regality and his stupid, stubborn pride, was the most beautiful man Jing Yuan had ever seen.
The next time Jing Yuan finally had the chance to meet him, it was within the stifling walls of the Shackling Prison.
Heavy chains bound Dan Feng’s limbs, reinforced by countless talismans to suppress the High Elder’s immense power. His cage was far too small, barely leaving him enough space to stretch his arms and legs if he wanted to. He had lost weight, his cheeks gaunt and his complexion dull. His hair had lost its once healthy sheen, now matted with grime and dirt from many days of skipped washing—and perhaps out of annoyance, he had weaved it into a tight braid over one shoulder.
Despite everything, Dan Feng seemed to remain particular about the most strangely insignificant things.
“I see you’ve finally managed to find your way in here,” he said by way of greeting, in a tone that suggested a lack of concern for his current wellbeing as a prisoner of the Ten Lords Commission. Perhaps he had simply been here long enough to no longer care.
After all, despite his sins, his recklessness and his seething fury, Dan Feng was still a Vidyadhara High Elder, as well as one of the High Cloud Quintet, revered as a legend and a hero for his feats on behalf of the Luofu. His crimes did not erase his legacy, nor did his noble achievements justify the sheer carnage he had left in his wake. The Vidyadhara Preceptors wanted justice on their own terms, claiming rights to adjudicate one of their own. The public were split between wanting to understand and wanting to condemn his actions. The law was set in stone and uncompromising.
The stalemate had gone on for several decades by the time of Jing Yuan’s first visit. That was plenty of time for Dan Feng to steel himself for the inevitable.
“You’ve been thinking too highly of me, Dan Feng,” Jing Yuan laughed sheepishly, though it was taking all he had to hide the tension stringing his shoulders taunt. He'd thought he’d be sufficiently prepared, after all these years—yet seeing Dan Feng in this state was still extremely difficult to bear.
Yinyue-jun, who had always carried himself with the grace of a moving stream, was now weighed down by hideous thick chains, his body confined to an awkward, hunched posture. Large scales covered parts of his skin in patches, results of the exuviation charm forced upon him by the Preceptors before his arrest. Dark, inky inscriptions circled around his neck like a collar, a powerful spell to prevent him from singing his hymns.
His eyes, once ever-burning with defiance and underlying mischief, now looked so, so tired.
“If there’s anyone who could do it, it’s you,” Dan Feng stated as though it was truly merely a fact. Jing Yuan had turned out to be one of the youngest people ever to have shouldered the mantle of an Arbiter-General.
And it was not something he thought was particularly worth bragging about. He was desperate, in truth. That was all there was to it. If it hadn’t come to this, Dan Feng trapped in prison and awaiting retribution for his crimes and Yingxing still unconscious, his body constantly tearing itself apart to adapt to its new constitution even after all these years—he would never have chosen to take this seat.
If he could, Jing Yuan had only wanted to continue going on expeditions to strange, foreign lands with his friends, fighting the Plague Author’s abominations as though they were simply protagonists of a comic book. He had always secretly pretended, deep inside, that they were a squad of Galaxy Rangers on a life mission to defeat cosmic evils. He was the Red Ranger, Dan Feng was Green, Yingxing was Black, Jingliu was Blue, and Baiheng was Purple. Five of them against the world.
It was a delusion he clung to like a lifeline, even after he has long since grown past the appropriate age to have such wistful imagination. Even when he’s witnessing first-hand, how it’s all falling apart.
“What’s wrong? You don’t look so good suddenly.”
There was a shimmering barrier between them, as if a dragon robbed of his claws and fangs and devoid of the will to fight warranted such extra measures. How Jing Yuan wished he could simply shatter it with his fists, just so Dan Feng could be closer within reach and he could ease himself into his arms and believe that at least, despite all the odds stacked against them, he was still there. Dan Feng was imprisoned deep underground beyond the reach of any semblance of sunlight, in a cell that was far too small for his insatiable longing for freedom—but if nothing else, at least he was still there. Still alive. Still can be rescued, as long as Jing Yuan played all his cards right.
“I’m just—” Jing Yuan tries, taking a quick breath to pull himself together— “a little worn out, I suppose. There’s been a lot going on lately.”
He hadn’t meant to imply that the “going on’s” had much to do with Dan Feng—at least not consciously. There were plenty of other matters piled endlessly onto his plate as the General, all that required far too much of his time and consideration. Too many difficult decisions, too many sacrifices he’s never ready to make.
Jing Yuan was exhausted beyond comprehension. He simply did not have the privilege to admit it out loud.
“A-Yuan,” Dan Feng called, his voice soft and gentle and safe. He had always been Jing Yuan’s safe place. Despite all the spells casted upon him to seal the High Elder’s power, Jing Yuan felt a familiar brush of a phantom tail against his cheek. “You need to remember to take care of yourself, too.”
Jing Yuan allowed himself a single heavy sigh, his body deflating with the breath. “I’m trying.”
“The hardest you’ve ever had,” Dan Feng agreed, exchanging a wry smile with him. Jing Yuan saw how quickly it faded, how he then averted his gaze and furrowed his brow—and he just knew, what he was about to say next.
“Listen, A-Yuan, I—”
“Feng-ge.”
Jing Yuan held his gaze when their eyes met once more, willing Dan Feng not to continue. He refused to let him continue. They had both made their choices, and they were to bear the consequences for them in whatever way they can. Jing Yuan felt that any apologies now would only undermine his efforts thus far, all these blood, sweat and tears for someone who lacked the resolve to face the people he knew he’d hurt with his actions. No, Dan Feng was not allowed to say sorry.
But Jing Yuan was also knew, more than anyone, how selfish Yinyue-jun could be. And how much his friends meant to him, and how he never could bear to see Jing Yuan especially, in any sort of pain or anguish. Though it was precisely this kindness of his that had eaten away at him and left his heart a raw, bleeding mess for as long as he could remember.
Jing Yuan had never been ashamed of his love for Dan Feng. He never stopped wearing his heart on his sleeve, never stopped longing for Dan Feng’s affection, Dan Feng’s attention, despite being well aware that none of it was going to be reciprocated in the way he yearned for it to be.
Dan Feng had chosen Yingxing, that was a fact. But it was also a fact that Dan Feng still adored Jing Yuan with the same capacity he’d always had, and he’d never tried to push Jing Yuan away even after he’d made his feelings known to him. He’d still indulge him with his gentle smiles and warm touches, still let him into his space and into his heart. Still patiently listen to his recounts of his favourite scenes in the latest novel he'd procured whenever they were out on expeditions together, still had a fondness for combing his fingers through his hair and calling him A-Yuan as though his name alone carried all the tenderness in the world.
Jing Yuan loved Dan Feng. He loved him with a force that knocked the air out of his lungs, a serenity that rivaled the waters of Scalegorge on a clear day. He loved him, and how he wished that that was all it took to fix things.
“...How is Yingxing?”
But it was not. He refused to stop trying, nonetheless.
“Still asleep.” Jing Yuan smiled somberly and, unable to bear the stifling silence that followed, added, “but at least his body seems to have stabilized. He might just wake up one of these days.”
And then what? The question hangs in the air, unvoiced, unanswered. There was no guarantee that Yingxing would rise the same person as he died, even after all they had sacrificed to bring him back. Such was the cruel reality surrounding their circumstances. Dan Feng was slowly molting in a prison cell. Baiheng had fallen in battle and Jingliu had succumbed to the mara and disappeared.
And all that’s left is Jing Yuan, alone against the world.
Yet he still refused to stop trying to fix things, because that was the only thing left that he could do.
xXx
After countless debates and appeals that spanned for nearly a century, it was decided that the Imbibitor Lunae would be spared from death, and instead be granted a molting rebirth.
The Vidyadhara firmly believed that reincarnation begins with a clean slate, that everything from one lifetime will be washed away by the primordial sea upon hatching once more. Dan Feng will no longer be Dan Feng but a whole other person altogether, one who will not share his name, his memories, his legacies nor his crimes.
In a some sense of the word, it was the “death” of the High Elder that the Ten Lords Commission demanded.
The next time Dan Feng reemerges from his egg, he will set out into the world and collect his own experiences to form who he will be. He will meet new people and find new friends and family. He will no longer remember any traces of his past life; not his friends, his family, his joys, nor his sorrows and sins.
But before all that, he will have to bear the punishment of his selfish, prideful predecessor. He will be shackled within the confines of darkness for a long, long time, harshly scrutinized for simply existing, for simply having been who he was. He will know no warmth, have no companionship, and will not receive any form of mercy. He will not understand, but he will have no choice.
And Jing Yuan’s heart broke for him. It shattered to pieces and crumbled to dust, and he had not even the time to bend down and haphazardly put it back together. There were simply too many battles to fight, too many futures he had to foresee and avoid and he was spread far too thin. Sometimes it felt as if he could hardly even breathe.
Yet Dan Feng always remained at the back of his mind, the mental image of him chained up within that isolated prison cell a driving force that kept propelling Jing Yuan forward. One, just one. If he could save just one of them. All he had before was reputation, praises for his excellence and achievements. Now, as the Divine Foresight, he had authority—and he was not above using it to his personal advantage.
By his mandate, the reincarnated Yinyue-jun's imprisonment shall last no more than a hundred years, after which he shall face banishment from the Xianzhou for eternity.
It was the only way Jing Yuan knew, to safely set him free from the clutches of his past. Even if it meant never seeing him again, never being able to meet the next person he was going to become.
Jing Yuan had not been able to send Dan Feng off the first time. His molting had accelerated at an abnormal rate during his final days, and by the time Jing Yuan was made aware of it and hurried to see him, it had been too late. In the too-small cell deep within the Shackling Prison, a giant, pearly white egg lay in the place of the Imbibitor Lunae Dan Feng.
Far from the embrace of the primordial sea where it should’ve been, and unresponsive to his touch.
(Jing Yuan could not move the sea as the ancient High Elders once did, but he could at least keep him company with his warmth for as long as he was allowed, no matter how scarce his subsequent visits remained.)
A heart heavy with grief had hardly made his second chance much better. Dan Feng...no, this person was no longer Dan Feng, no matter the uncanny degree of resemblance. Perhaps he had even yet to choose a new name for himself, with all those years spent alone in a cell with nothing but the companionship of the books Jing Yuan was allowed to send him. The youth’s legs trembled slightly from disuse as he shuffled into the world for the first time in nearly three hundred years, and even the carefully controlled brightness of the Luofu sky seemed to hurt his eyes.
Jing Yuan wished he could’ve at least said a proper goodbye this time, even if he was all but a stranger to him now. He wished he could’ve held him in one last embrace, sent him off with well wishes and a perhaps a token to remember him by.
He did not. His farewell was merely a single squeeze on the man’s shoulder, and then he was urging him forward, away from him. Forever.
xXx
With the sheer number of years Jing Yuan has lived, he supposes he should be used to the whimsicalities of fate by now. In fact, perhaps the Aeon Aha themselves has made it a personal mission to make his life as unfunny as cosmically possible, constantly cursing him with a million twists and turns that leave him scrambling for stable ground. It’s impressive that he has lived up to his age without being mara-stricken, and sometimes it feels as if the universe is trying its damn best to change that.
Like now, as he stands at the shores of Scalegorge Waterscape, gaze locked with that belonging to the one man who shares his beloved’s visage.
Jing Yuan almost forgets how to breathe.
He'd known he was back in the Luofu—of course he would, his intelligence network would never have failed to alert him this much. He was there to chase after his friends from the Express, hellbent on making sure they are safe from…well, there are many things they need to be safe from on the Luofu at the moment. The revived Ambrosial Arbor, the Stellaron, Phantylia.
Yingxing, who had stopped being Yingxing centuries ago.
And even though they were all of Jing Yuan’s concern, too, he does not want them to matter. For just a moment, he does not want to be in the shoes of the General.
“It’s been a long time,” he greets, searching his face for even the smallest hints of recognition, baseless hope swelling in his chest despite himself. “Old friend.”
The exuviation charm should’ve left him fragments of memories from his past life, that had been the whole point of its flaws. That had been part of the Preceptors’ plot, Jing Yuan had later discovered, to artificially trigger Dan Feng’s molting and fake his death, hoping that it would preserve his identity as the High Elder even after rebirth.
But Jing Yuan had been there on the day of his banishment. He’d seen how genuinely confused and terrified he was while being loaded onto the Starskiff that would take him to some unknown point within the incomprehensively vast universe. And he was sure then; whatever flaw the spell was meant to have, it did not preserve Dan Feng’s memories as well as they had wanted.
“I’m not him.”
Thus comes the inadvertent reply, factual and cold and leaving no room for debate.
Waves crash against the shore in a hypnotic, unceasing rhythm; back and forth, back and forth. It fills Jing Yuan’s ears in a cacophony, clashing with the static in his head and his drumming heartbeat. Far in the distance, a sea-faring bird lets out a pitiful wail.
Dan Feng was gone. He had been gone since long ago, carried home by the currents of the ancient sea.
Jing Yuan closes his eyes, takes a breath. He must not falter. A general must never falter. He offers Dan Heng a sheepish smile.
“Mm. I’m sorry.”
Dan Heng scowls, as though he doubted the sincerity of his apology. And he’s right, Jing Yuan can’t seem to bring himself to be fully sorry. His heart aches almost to the point of suffocation and his years upon years of practice when it comes to reigning in his emotions are lost to the void the moment he came face to face with Dan Heng. It isn’t really all that fair, is it? That he looks identical to his predecessor, from the elegant curve of his horns to his glower of displeasure. He had even chosen a name that sounds so similar, almost as if it was a taunt personally aimed at Jing Yuan. As if his Feng-ge had returned to him against all odds, except that he hasn't.
Dan Heng makes it a point to make his boundaries crystal clear, snapping at him whenever he even makes the insinuation that there’s still a connection between himself and his past life. Maybe Jing Yuan is just a mess and an asshole, but he does end up teasing him a little longer just to get a reaction out of him. He’s lucky that unlike Dan Feng, Dan Heng does not seem to have an awful temper, and instead settles for the fiercest frown Jing Yuan has ever had the pleasure to see on those features.
He could love him in this life too, he thinks. Helplessly, wistfully. Foolishly. If given the chance, he could. He would. Without a shred of hesitation.
But one must wonder if such opportunity would ever arise. A familiar feeling bubbles up in his chest as he watches Dan Heng reunite with his friends from the Express from a little distance away. They gravitate towards each other the moment they are within range, all excited exclamations and loud sighs of relief. Jing Yuan notes the way the other Trailblazers surround Dan Heng as though subconsciously forming a protective wall around him, as though they knew of the scars the Xianzhou had left on him from birth and are doing all they can to keep him safe. He notes the tenderness in his gaze as he brings them up to date about his side of the latest events.
Without a doubt, Dan Heng has found people who care very much about him. He's found his own family on the Astral Express, and the train never stops in one place longer than it has to.
It’s almost twistedly entertaining, how this aspect of Jing Yuan’s life never seems to change.
He turns towards the imposing draconic figure looming in the distance, and settles back into the shoes of the General once more.
Truth to be told, Jing Yuan does not end up remembering much about the battle with Phantylia. It's a habit he’s since made a point to practice, mentally filing away only the important details of a fight for future reference and letting everything else flow through and past him. He can say with confidence that it has worked wonders to preserve his literal sanity.
The pain, though, is usually another story. Jing Yuan’s told that he had been unconscious for two whole weeks with the best medical experts tending to his wounds and still, he wakes up feeling like he’s been skewered and slow-cooked over a barbeque pit. Aeons help this poor old man and his disintegrating body and maybe, he can’t help but ponder in earnest, this is finally a sign for him to retire soon. The exhaustion is deep, settling into his bones like cement. Sharp pain shoots through his body like bolts of electricity each time he tries to move.
But he forces himself up from bed as soon as he’s able to anyway, even if it’s only for a few hours at a time each day—because he worries he’d never be able to get up again if he doesn’t start working on it quickly enough.
To his luck—or perhaps by the sheer power of his will and stubbornness, he manages to recover enough strength to return to going out and about just in time for him to catch the Astral Express crew before they leave. It is only right that he sends them off as the leader of the Xianzhou Luofu, after all the assistance they had offered throughout the Stellaron crisis. He presents them gifts that can hardly repay the generosity they’ve shown, swears alliance with the Nameless should they encounter any trouble in the future, and extends an offer for them to visit whenever they wish. And if they do decide to visit, just remember to get in touch, so that he can set some time aside and invite them for a meal and a long chat to hear about their latest adventures.
Some part of him deep down wishes he too could be part of those adventures, some day.
But for now, he must say his goodbyes. Finally, properly.
Jing Yuan is giving directions to the Cloud Knights escorting his guests back to the Express, delaying the inevitable, when he notices movement from the corner of his eye. He turns to find Dan Heng breaking away from his group and heading towards him, his features set in a complicated expression. Behind him, his friends observe in what seems to be a state of excited tension.
Jing Yuan stiffens when Dan Heng steps close, biting back the instinctive urge to maintain a respectable distance between them after all the boundaries Dan Heng had painstakingly set. He stays very still, confusion growing as Dan Heng lifts his hand to touch his own forehead, then reaching up and touching Jing Yuan’s with the same two fingers.
“My name is Dan Heng and I am one of the Nameless aboard the Astral Express,” he says, and it abruptly dawns on Jing Yuan that this is Dan Heng’s own version of the traditional Vidyadhara greeting. “It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”
For a moment, Jing Yuan is genuinely stunned into stupidity. Why was Dan Heng introducing himself all of the sudden? Did he lose some of his memories again after he severed his connection with the High Elder Statue?
And then it hit him. Dan Heng… is opening a door for him. It’s roundabout and awkward and unfairly endearing—but he is. Jing Yuan’s breath catches in his throat and he struggles for a proper way to respond. After every comparison Jing Yuan had cruelly made, after every calculated remark, every admission that he was only using Dan Heng for the power of the Imbibitor Lunae—he’s still willing to give him a chance…?
Jing Yuan stares at him, really stares at him while his mind clambers to process the situation. Dan Heng is wearing his signature frown, though this time there’s a slight furrow on his brow as well, like he’s wondering if he'd somehow broken one of the highest ranking officials of the Xianzhou Luofu and the concern is slowly setting in.
Jing Yuan’s gaze flickers to the people behind him in hopes of getting some clues, some sort of affirmation—and, upon eye contact, is then flashed an enthusiastic thumbs up and a wild grin by a certain golden-eyed Trailblazer.
An amused laugh almost escapes him at the sight, all his tension miraculously disappearing with a whoosh. Surely he hasn’t made it that obvious while in front of other people?
And the fact that they were able to convince Dan Heng to do this…Jing Yuan once again finds the audacity to hope.
“Likewise. I’m Jing Yuan, Arbiter-General of the Xianzhou Luofu.” He returns Dan Heng’s gesture, prolonging his touch for just an extra second before withdrawing. An opportunist, as always. “May I have your number, Dan Heng?”
#jingheng#hengjing#jingfeng#honkai star rail#jing yuan#dan heng#fanfiction#fellas... i dont think im recovering well from them...#also half this fic is just me finding an excuse to write forehead touches kfjasd#but yeah.. old man yaoi#old man yaoi of my heart..
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On Dan Heng and how He Differs from Previous High Elders Part 1
Dan Feng's "death" was not a normal one. An exuviation charm- a molting charm- was placed on him, forcing him to shed his current self and return to this body's egg so that a new person could be born. However, the exuviation charm was purposely incomplete. Instead of completely stripping Dan Feng of his powers (and the other half of the Transmutation Arcanum, thus loosing it forever) they only suppressed them. The seal would break only when the body's life was in danger.
To add, Dan Feng and his former lives are different from other Vidyadhara. They are the reincarnations of one of Long's firstborn children. Unlike other people of their kind whose memories and souls are wiped clean by the ancient sea, the scions of Permeance become one with the soul and one with the Azure Dragon that guards the Scalegorge Waterscape; this is why High Elders can recall memories, or intuitively understand things, from their past lives more clearly than the rest of their kin.
Due to the incomplete charm, Dan Feng did not completely merge with the soul; instead, a part of Dan Feng still exists within Dan Heng; it was only sealed away by the exuviation charm along with the Imbibitor Lunae's power. When the seal broke, and Dan Heng inherited the residual powers of his previous reincarnation, there was a real danger of his ego merging with Dan Feng, whether Dan Feng wanted it to or not.
However, that will never happen because Dan Heng is a nameless.
The power of the Trailblaze allows the Nameless to weather the elements on different worlds; however, it has another power, the power of establishing connections and creating new paths in a physical and metaphysical sense. When Dan Heng transformed for the first time, the power of the Trailblaze merged with the power of the Azure Dragon, filling in the gaps left behind by the incomplete transmutation inheritance. As a result, Dan Heng not only draws upon the power of Long, but from the trailblaze as well. With the power of the Trailblaze, Dan Heng can keep his autonomy while being connected to his past lives and Long
What this means is...
When he says he's Dan Heng, he feels it in his bones.
Past memories and emotions may have a grasp on him from time to time, but they do not bind him.
He is his own person--
And he has his own path to blaze.
@memovia
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(1.4/jingliu leaks)
so what im gathering from 1.3 is that when dan feng originally commited The Sin he was actually trying to find a way to preserve his race by letting the vidyadhara reproduce (ironically the same goal as the original sanctus medicus members)
there was a mirage echo in 1.2 about dan feng taking yingxing to the vidyadhara archives (probably research for trying to create a new high elder)
it seems that he was given false information on the transmutatum arcanum by the preceptors, and when he attempted to modify it to create said new high elder it backfired badly, created a draconic abomination (that jingliu presumably slayed) and some time afterwards by currently unknown means yingxing became what he is today.
so after this happened we can assume from leaks that jingliu faced off against dan feng which im guessing led to him being taken to the shackling prison.
the preceptors from what it seems then spread word that he did this on purpose, etc and painted him as a monster, then tried to save face with the botched exuviation charm scheme which was stopped by jing yuan, who then had to hand down dan fengs sentence and around a year later he fought jingliu.
#theres still huge gaps in the timeline man its confusingg#i love this game its so intriguing#also the quests slapped hard this patch#they always do#but damnnn#jing yuan#dan feng#yingxing#blade#xianzhou luofu#honkai star rail spoilers#hsr spoilers#1.3 spoilers#honkai star rail#ace rambles
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This patch I started to tank as BLU mage. I realize this is the most difficult role to fill at pf and see so many complains about BLU doesnt being a "real tank" -which is true but a lot of BLU mages aren't doing the tanking well. So here are my spells and advices for BLU mage tanking.
Disclaimer: English isn't my first language so...
For grabbing and holding aggro
#27 The Look. Amazing, it's AoE for taking aggro. But you must be aware that if the mobs move, they be outside the aoe when you finish the cast and wont ger aggroed. This happens very often because other BLU entered in their radio before you finish the cast. Thats why I recommend j Kick or Supernakha to catch their attention and then the look.
#31 Sticky tongue: draw-in spell which increased aggro. Useful for one lost enemy in the pull. But be aware of the radius of the spell.
#97 Hydro Pull: draw-in AoE spell. Be aware of the radius.
#62 Frog Legs: The BLU's provoke. Use it to reasure your aggro.
#61 Avail: The BLU's Shirk.
Advice on aggro and tankbusters:
Very important for all the party!!! some tankbusters are based on aggro (fine, you can hold it by reassuring while to while with Frog legs) BUT others are based on roles and you all are dps classes so these will be random. All BLU should have #29 Diamonback for these.
For mitigation
#77 Aetheric Mimicry /Tank) & #30 Mighty Guard. They're basic.
#32 Toad Oil: 20% more evasion. Use it in cooldown.
#29 Diamonback: Blocks 90% of the damage and nulify the knockback and drawin effects. Think about it as your invul. You cant move for 10s. With good timing you can survive to more than one mechanic with this. It's expensive in MP but has little recast time and will help your healers so much! Don't fear to use it for hard tankbusters.
#95 Dragon Force: 40% mit.
#89 Chelonian Gate: 20% mit with a relative fast recast, it reflect dmg when you take >30% of your HP. Very useful! You can mover but shouldnt since It will end the effect.
#75 Devour: Increases your HP in 20%
#107 Schiltron, #49 Veil of the Whorl or #16 Ice Spikes: These counter some dmg you take. Ice Spikes is the weakest of these, pick the one you like most.
#117 Force Field: It grants 50% physical mit OR 50% magic mit but you cant choose which one so I don't really like it. I feel you can rotate dragon force, chelonian gate, and diamondback safely and drop this.
Advices on mit:
This is important!!! Even with the tank stance and Mighty guard your HP will be the HP of a dps class so you won't have a "real tank" HP pool. You NEED to mitigate, specially the tankbusters. Plus BLU healers doesn't have the big toolset that a "real healer" has, and the res spells has a very long recast so you need to help your party by taking less damage and not dying.
Be careful because your "real tank" mits are instant and the BLU mits must be casted. You'll taking a race on which castbar ends before: your mit or the tankbusters one. So your reaction must be on time!
For Utility and support
#28 Bad Breath: Very usefull for debuff enemies, even the bosses usually take some of the debuffs.
#70 Cactguard: 15% mit for other party member. Useful if you're offtanking, you put it on the MT. Or if you're MT you can put it on healer in danger situations.
#13 White Wind , #73 Exuviation or #108 Rehydration : pick one or two healing spell for backup for your party. Exuviation is aoe and removes debuffs from your friends.
#72 Angel Whisper: Always usefull!! The res spell. Since it has a veeeeeery long recast time it's prefered to all BLUs to have it.
#57 Eerie Soundwave: remove buffs of the enemy.
For Damage:
#104 Nightbloom or #9 Song of Torment: DoT, always useful.
#105 Goblin Punch: instaspell for basic dmg spam spell. Must be in melee range. It's single target.
#63 Sonic Boom: the basic dmg spam speel. Useful when you're away of the boss. It's single target.
#80 J Kick: Gap-closer, useful for start a pull.
#97 Hydro Pull: Pulls enemies to you, usefull for dungeon pulls. Aoe.
#31 Sticky Tongue: Pull in one enemy to you. It stuns also and increases aggro.
#78 Supernakha: Usefull primal spell, and useful for starting a pull at dungeons.
#75 Devour: It restores some HP.
#33 Ram's Voice & #92 Ultravibration: Always usefull for dungeons.
#109 Breath of Magic and #121 Mortal Flame: BIG DoTs but only one of each can be active so only one BLU must cast them. I like it to be the tank or healers so the dps has more room for other big dmg spells.
Hope some of this would be useful to you if you want to try the BLU tanking. Once you get used to the different way of aggroing at dung pulls and to casting the mits it gets very fun and challenging!
Feel free to add your own suggestions!
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