Aya

I'm aya || she/her :) || ayayayayaz on ao3~!

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fics I've written:

• for as long as you live, i shall dream (phaidei, complete)

• Am I Falling In Love With My Childhood Best Friend?! (ifaron, complete)

• you ask me for my heart, i don't know who you are (zhongchi, WIP)

It's crazy how Hoyoverse managed to make such a lovable cast of characters and give them all satisfying story arcs. Even though some fell somewhat short (coughs Hyacine coughs), there was still a certain form of magic in knowing all the characters were...bonded? Didn't have to be with us, the Trailblazer specifically, but there was a great world to be stepping into.

Live, laugh, love Cyrene, but I do think the arc got Very Long near the end so the amount of love I had for Amphoreans going into this planet had definitely waned a little throughout the entire year(!) we had been there.

Nevertheless, it's still really insane how Hoyoverse managed to create Amphoreus. The characters are all so great, especially in their humanity. Mydei believes Strife exists to eliminate Strife itself, Castorice finds so much beauty in life because she knows death, Phainon never wanted to be the hero the world needed, yet stepped up to the cause bravely, so on and so forth.

They ALL have such a great character to them. Even those released later still have such wonderful characters that it's hard to not give them a single thought at all when thinking of Amphoreus.

My interpretation of Amphoreus-burnout (coined lovingly by Twitter) is just that nothing seems to really compare to the Chrysos Heirs now. Unfortunately. Planarcadia definitely has noteworthy characters who are a joy to get character development for (Blade, Ashveil, SW999, more), but it feels so dull compared to the liveliness in Amphoreus.

Feels like Hoyo struck gold with Amphoreus and its cast, but they can't soar any higher than above the skies, so it's back to the Earth for us right now. Not the worst of planets (my ever-lasting grudge of Xianzhou Luofu will not budge), but Planarcadia coming after Amphoreus is akin to a feeling of returning home after a long and wonderful vacation. The trip was amazing, and boy does coming down from that high hurt like a motherfucker.

Not to sound like a negative nancy towards Planarcadia. It's just that after fighting in the trenches of Lygus trying to eradicate Nous, and dealing with a Lord Ravager, suddenly, Sparxie's livestreams feel like a glass of cold water dumped on the head.

the humble notes app:

"Um." Dan Heng's words trailed off as he looked in the hotel room, silence echoing like a loud judge.

Beside him, Blade stood, a deadpan expression on his face as he pulled the door open and faced the same view Dan Heng did. "Is that what that lady at the reception meant by 'special room'."

Before them was a vast expanse of beds. Like, quite possibly around ten beds. Dan Heng quickly counted "1,2,3...,9,10". Exactly ten. He didn't even know it was possible for a single room to have that many beds. What on Akivili was even happening.

There was only one bed!

...Wait. What do you mean?

There was... too many beds?

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"Mydei." He breathed out shakily, a confession, a declaration, an oath all rolled into one. The name meant to strike fear in the hearts of their enemies had now turned into a name to be worshipped, to be declared as a name worth remembering, a name of pure affection and love. A word that should not mean anything on its own, yet translated into sentences only the two could understand.

I forgive you for everything.

Despite it all, I'm glad it was you.

I love you.

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