Sunday's Earrings

Also oh my god he's so stupid

I see a lot of people not fully understand the entire scene with Kai walking into the water with the monster/siren thing where he just slowly accepts his fate rather than suddenly snapping out of it because why would he walk in there in the first place?

The thing is that Kai's entire motivation is his friends, family and the people he cares about. This is shown in the way he is quick to harshly blame himself for things or consider himself inadequate if he could've done something to prevent the injury or loss of someone; the fact he became a ninja only to save Nya; the fact he persevered through the Land of Monsters if only to see his family again.

Without the people he loves, Kai is, honestly, nothing.

There's also the fact that he was not only quite physically fatigued and most likely malnourished, but he was also so clearly mentally exhausted. There's no way he could 100% rationally think (And I say this because I also don't think he would've snapped like he did at Rusty had he been in a better headspace).

The creature in the water seemingly preys on that sort of thing: Creatures with strong desires or the mental fatigue of creatures struck with the loss and grief of a loved one.

• Loss can come in various ways that aren't just death. Kai had lost his home, path and contact with the people he cared about in the Merge, and damn well nearly lost himself too.

We see this same loss and grief thing with Daidan and Rusty. Daidan's child, who was cruelly taken from her all too soon and Rusty's creator who succumbed to the Land of Monsters.

Daidan's reason to live was stripped away from her when her child died. Her purpose was to be a mother, to protect her child. Of course she'd risk herself for one small, slim chance that it was all a bad dream and that her child was safe alongside her.

Kai's reason to push forward was, is and always has been — as I've said — his family and friends. He'd started to reach his limits, and was desperate to see them again. Of course he'd fall for the illusion and walk into the water; he was at wits end. He would do anything to go back.

Now, why did Rusty manage to break free from the spell while Kai and Daidan failed to do so? The answer is simple:

Rusty's creator, while someone he cherished and missed tremendously, wasn't his purpose or his grief anymore. His purpose was to protect, and his grief would've been failing another fire wielder and failing his creator's wishes. He knew his creator wouldn't have wanted him to let others die for no reason.

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And I for one am glad we got to see Kai not be strong and certain all the time. He ran, he cried, he was scared.

He was so so human.

Because it was my hyperfixation for two years.

TWO YEARS.

Like, somebody please explain to me why on earth people portray Ratio as an unfeeling, uncaring, brash asshole who can and will punt you because he simply felt like it.

Why do people act like we don't have multiple receipts of him being a kind and caring person who does have (logical) empathy, and who wants nothing more than to spread knowledge across the galaxy because that's his passion. Even if he goes about it in a way that might seem less than ideal.

There are numerous things that he HAS done in canon that directly oppose whatever 'ideals' fanon Ratio is written to have. It's like the man can never catch a break and is constantly being doomposted for literally no reason other than the fact certain Ratio haters™ took his words personally. (I mean that half jokingly, to be honest.)

I've also noticed a substantial amount of people who despise Ratio but absolutely adore Ruan Mei who, objectively, is a lot worse than Ratio. She just takes the time to sugarcoat her personality. (Was the whole drugging ordeal not just symbolism for a lie being wrapped up in sugar with a bow on top (e.g a sugar coated lie) or is that just me looking too deeply into it???)

*Not to say I don't like Ruan Mei or that she's a fully terrible person.

And yes of course he's going to think himself better than some people because he was raised in such a way that he'd been alienated from his peers since childhood because he was always told he was "better" and was pushed to be the absolute best. Does that justify certain behaviors? No. But people give him absolutely zero grace while going and woobifying other characters who have done bad things just because they had a bad past.

And these are all just surface level, shallow notes of his character, by the way. I can't do his entire character justice but people have done some in-depth character analysis on him that were most definitely worth the read.

Now these two make me so ill.

Like I need to be heard on this. Just hear me out here.

—but in the most petty, stupid ways possible.

Say goodbye to perfectly clean, unwrinkled clothing! You move even two centimeters? Wrinkles. And the fact Luo Binghe wears primarily black clothing? You bet that any and every dust particle, animal hair, piece of dirt or literally anything that shows against black clothing will stick to Luo Binghe's clothes so often that the man starts to carry around a small lint roller.

Luo Binghe will trip over anything and everything. The only thing that was saving him from being an absolute clutz was the protagonist's halo, which is gone now.

His skin? Insanely sensitive, he learns. He needs to spend the next five months (minimum) looking into what products help with the ten different problems (minimum) his skin has — depending on the season — making sure they work and that he also isn't ALLERGIC to them. Yeah, allergies are also a thing now.

His hair, instead of being effortlessly styled and kept without doing anything, is now a bird's nest. Frizz so bad that the curl pattern is barely visible. Not only that, but it's also super dry and damaged. He now has a fifteen step skin care routine and eleven step hair care routine and is also the reason Shen Yuan's bank account regularly dips into the negatives — more than usual.

2,416 hours since his banner has ended... (On NA)

I see Sunday references everywhere I go. My calendar? First/Seventh (Depends on who you ask) day of the week, sunday. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see the sky at approximately 12 pm on a sunny afternoon? It's blue. Blue as in the color that's commonly associated with Sunday. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see the number seven? Seven rest days. Seven rest days like what Sunday wanted. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see a feather? Sunday's splash art and ult where he's reaching for a feather. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see a bird? CHARMONY DOVE. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see a church? Sunday has religious themes surrounding him. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see the letter S? Sunday starts with the letter S. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see the number six? Sunday's name has six letters in it. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.

I see a gopher, a tree, or something made of wood? Gopher Wood. The very same one that took in Sunday and Robin. Sunday from Honkai: Star Rail mentioned.