#danhill

a cowboy and a dragon walk into a bar…

Boothill thinking that Dan Heng is some OLD Xianzhou Native (1000+?) just because he’s from the Xianzhou, so obviously he’s some ancient being that should be listened to

Dan Heng actually being like, 30 and just has weird and random knowledge alongside some weird life experiences

Dan Heng: I’ve seen my fair share of Mara

Boothill, mentally noting that Dan Heng is likely over 1000: *nods sagely*

Dan Heng is actually just talking about his dealings with Blade

Dan Heng and Boothill having a discussion of the history of the Xianzhou

Dan Heng, about an event that happened over a thousand years ago: that was before my time so I can’t give you personal experience here but I know someone who-

Boothill nodding along, firmly believing that that means Dan Heng is just under a thousand

Dan Heng just has an odd way of talking

Also Dan Heng, about an event that happened a hundred years ago: this was also before my time but-

Boothill, shocked: Wait, how old are you?

Dan Heng: Oh I’m thirty-two

Boothill: …

Boothill: … yer what.

Dan Heng:

Is the second-named Guard of the Astral Express. This effectively makes him Tiernan's successor.

DHPT, considered to be both the reconciliation of his past identity and embracing his current role, has a long ponytail just like Tiernan.

When he and the Express said their eulogies and toasted the former Nameless in Dreamflux Reef in 2.3, Dan Heng spoke on behalf of Tiernan. Mikhail, Razalina, and Tiernan are all explicitly meant to be parallels to Trailblazer, March, and Dan Heng.

When they fought against the Embryo of Philosophy in 3.8, when it came time for Sunday to mention taking down the Hunt, Dan Heng responded that Tiernan's bullets still protect the sweet dream. March did the same with Razalina, and Trailblazer with Mikhail.

Like Tiernan, Dan Heng also participated in battle against not just one, but two Lord Ravagers. The first was 1.2 when he was instrumental against Phantylia, and again in 3.7 in the battle against Irontomb, much in the way Tiernan fought with the Galaxy Rangers against Lord Ravager Zulo and won.

Boothill:

Boothill's homeworld, Aeragan-Epharshel, is portrayed as an American Southwest-like world with a rancher/farmer lifestyle, much like Tiernan's homeworld, Frati, was. The difference being Boothill is explicitly coded as Algonquin-Apache.

Boothill has heavy cowboy coding, like Tiernan, and is also a prolific gunman, like the former Guard.

Acheron entrusted Tiernan's relic, a bullet, to Boothill as acknowledgment of him being Tiernan's successor among the Galaxy Rangers.

Although a gag, Boothill constantly uses Pom-Pom's name as a pseudonym when staying in Penacony, and its management considers him a Nameless despite this being a cover.

Both he and Tiernan wear garments on their shoulders, with Boothill's being a serape and Tiernan's being a hunter-green scarf.

Boothill fought against Irontomb in 3.7, just like Tiernan participated in the campaign against Lord Ravager Zulo and won.