停云

𝐢. 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫

when i first saw miss tingyun, i immediately fell in love (mind you those were the times when it was somehow speculated she's an upcoming genshin character). i love her design and as someone who loves the mythos concerning kitsune, i was very much intrigued! little did i know there will be much more to her. i love how she's portrayed as a meek damsel in distress, because it plays so well into my portrayal. she's anything but! yet she paints herself so in front of the stranger, to garner their sympathy perhaps? you can tell she doesn't really trust us for a long while, because she plays along with the facade, often telling us to take care of her. and then she suddenly hints at the other side of her character when she talks about the fruit. at this point many people in the fandom were like "SUS" and. yes. correct, but she's been that from the very start, you just fell for her game.

anyway, this is probably copium, but i strongly believe she's a genius strategist/schemer. considers transactions her battlefield and information her weapon - but when cornered, she will strike back, fangs and all.

as for her design, i absolutely love her color palette. red is considered lucky color in many cultures and her green eyes? quite rare as well. the color combination of red and green speaks to me on several levels but most prominently i see the vivid green snake offering red apple. the forbidden fruit seems to be integral part of her character's imagery and i live for it. also! her cheeks? chubby and cute? not to mention the fact instead of going for the "foxy eye" that would very much fit, the design team went for downturned "cute" look that is further enhanced by the placement of her makeup. just makes me think i am absolutely right with the "presenting cute but being vicious" agenda.

𝐢𝐢. 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫

so being the kind of person that absolutely loves exploring romantic sides of character, especially through various different lenses that each partner brings. let me just preface this with saying i see so many potential ships that make me go wild.

general jing yuan however, has to be one of my favorites, especially ever since i've been talking with @riftzenith. i love how they are very different and could complete each other well. also the fact that one is immortal and the other longs for immortality? both hiding their true faces/feelings? but both also terribly good at politics? please.

there is also blade and while i feel like that's another rare ship, my interpretation of tingyun especially could prove to be an interesting counterpart in that relationship.

trailblazers too! but that would certainly need more time, because tingyun started that relationship off with her mask that is difficult to take off. there's so many other ideas i have and especially when other muns come to play! kafka, luocha, sampo, bronya just to name a few!

𝐢𝐢𝐢. 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐭𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫

i can't wait for her and yukong's time on screen! i feel like those two share a very strong mother-daughter relationship that i absolutely dig. yukong is a mentor figure as well and to tingyun she embodies something the foxian has been trying to immitate herself until realizing she needs to pave her own way forward.

aside yukong however, i live for the friendly rivalry i see between her and fu xuan! tingyun has probably been trying for years to wrap the diviner around her finger, but failing so far, because unlike others, she's not as easy to fool!

𝐢𝐯. 𝐦𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫

none. i have nothing. tingyun has done nothing wrong ever in her entire life. but in all seriousness, something that irks me is the constant comparison between yae miko and her just because they have ears? they are similar in ways, but so very different in others. they would also probably hate each other for seeing so much of their flaws in the other lmao. also for those that see her as frail? think again!!!!

𝐯. 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 / 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧

i so so so want to see more of the tingyun we got a glimpse of after the deer fight. i want to see her flaws, but i also want to see her bare her claws! i want to see her cornered and fight as a last resort, because that's her trump card! but i also feel like those things are something very few get to see and for it to be on screen means to sort of break that??