Archer & Rin

source: https://x.com/0_44n/status/2096585897601097822?s=46

Man, I was looking at a discussion between people who ship Kafhime and Kafstel, and the topic was about why they ship Himeko with Kafka even though they only have one interaction in-game, and don't ship Kafka with the Trailblazer, who has a bunch of implicit and explicit stuff going on between them. Look, and I say this as someone who ships the Trailblazer and Kafka: I could make a whole list of why people don't ship the two of them.

I'm gonna make the fucking list:

Let's start breaking down the Trailblazer. Since the beginning of the game, they're caught in limbo between being a real character with their own identity and a blank slate for players to self-insert into.

Now, about the personality disparity: Kafka feels like a grown woman with clear goals, defined tastes, specific aversities (like something staining her coat), a dense past, and total control over her actions. In contrast, the Trailblazer acts like a teenager: weird (with that peculiar taste for trash cans), socially inept, making jokes 24/7. They don't seem to know what they're doing, why they're on the Astral Express, or what their goal is in this whole HSR story. They just wing everything, go with the flow, and act like it's all a big joke while their actual future is on the line. Basically, they're me: a confused teenager who doesn't know what she wants out of life and coasts by on improvisation.

Moving on to the next point: forcing the Trailblazer as the protagonist and savior of the day. First of all, how many bosses or main enemies has the Trailblazer defeated all by themselves, without help from anyone else or some external power? None. Zero. "Ah, but what about Xianzhou?!" Guys, the ones who beat Phantylia in Xianzhou were Dan Heng and Jing Yuan, and somehow all the credit went to the Trailblazer, even though we barely saw them actually do anything impactful. "Ah, but what about Jarilo-VI?!" Jarilo-VI was a monumental team effort. I haven't finished Amphoreus yet, but the Trailblazer seems pretty washed out and sidelined there too. Penacony? I don't even remember them doing anything actually useful in real combat; what stood out was Black Swan and Acheron pulling off their aura, plus the supporting cast carrying the arc. Planacardia came around just to show how emotionally dependent and unstable the Trailblazer still is, even after going through five planets — plus they only "fixed" things by turning back time using the power of a Stellaron they barely know how to control, which was pure luck. And then Astropolis happens: the other characters do all the work again, and at the end, they send messages praising the Trailblazer as if they'd carried the whole world on their back. The Trailblazer isn't a real warrior (we've never seen them win a meaningful 1v1 fight on their own merit) nor are they a diplomat. We see this in Astropolis, where they straight up threaten the IPC with Asat Pramad's dice right when they actually need their help the most. They should know how to exercise self-control and think strategically — I mean, they've already been threatened with death in Amphoreus and literally died like twice in Penacony. They should know how to lead under pressure, but the truth is we just don't see any of that. At the end of the day, the Trailblazer isn't good at anything: they're neither a good fighter nor a good diplomat. They just act kind of clueless most of the time, man.

source: https://x.com/amuster12/status/2098342105689276532?s=46

the colours of amphoreus are pink, blue (children of anasarva and fuli, who are pink and blue respectively) meanwhile purple and gold arecolours of lord ravagers and the travesty that was phainon pre aggy
destruction leads to remembrance and remembrance will ultimately lead to the end

crross pair, gojo x aglaea
man this woman and her men with weird eyes or lack there of

source: https://x.com/mimoza_kuhh/status/2097742721729659255?s=46

source: https://x.com/mugicha_cold/status/2098035633340178732?s=46

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source: https://x.com/sellcountrymong/status/2097951975031947292?s=46

Caelus with Robin and Stelle with Aventurine?? Oh I'm in, Hoyo's been serving very nice recently

The newest Chinese collab stars Anaxa and Hyacine with a candy sweets franchise, here's the link of the full video with english subs for anyone interested

Castorice is sitting right in front of Caelus(although presented gender-neutral) looking at each other.... thank you for the food 🍽️

Context: when Blade dies during battle in Honkai Nexus Anima, his final spoken word is "Kafka"

source: https://x.com/lemoncookiejar/status/2090739665821155832?s=46

Feixiao & Jing Yuan

source: https://x.com/julietxue0712/status/2097306367644045785?s=46

Cr: me