another thing i want to mention is that i want yanqing to be friends with sushang and guinaifen!!! i think the fact that he finally is able to make friends will be a good thing, that means he improves and makes connections aside from jing yuan, it's so nice.
so here's some headcanons about sushang and guinaifen and yanqing being friends!!
so i think their relationship started after the heliobus disaster. imagine yanqing being like metaphorically speaking, naked in front of jing yuan and some strangers, being fragile and weak, his pain coming out, through the words of apyra. and... then these strangers don't start hating him. they don't laugh at him in the internet and hide his secret. they do what they can to turn him back to his senses, even risking their life, and don't fear him, thinking of him like of someone dangerous. they called for general, the most important person in his life and do not shame him for his actions under control. and just imagine if their connection stayed.
i believe it's just guinaifen who texted him to ask him is he free, to do some mischief or some trick. but never for record ā yanqing is too known for this. and they understand this and don't blame him for that.
i headcanon that some of their meetings are disguised for training, so her favourite cloud knights (yanqing and sushang) had an excuse to have fun.
so imagine this: aside from yunli this is the first ever connection for yanqing to make with people who's about his age.
so from the beginning where they need a serious reason to meet up, they went to meeting regularly, training or having fun. imagine them watching funny videos and eating junk food, anything that a teenager would do. literally a dream for two child soldiers and a unemployed- i mean streamer girl.
also!! i think even before their friendship started yanqing would donate guinaifen on her stream. i mean his hobbie is to buy swords so i think he has money, just spends it wrongly. jing yuan financial literacy is a joke for you or what. so yeah one day guinaifen gets a really big donation anonymously. we can't argue with that. and she will never know where it comes from. but i think yanqing would be really glad to know that his money went for a good use, no matter if it was rent or recording supplies, new camera or something.
for a year straight now i think that sushang and yanqing would have many to talk about, as cloud knights. as for guinaifen ā she would be terrified it they are not familiar with some popular and very good media, so they watch immersia and movies together. or a stupid brainrot videos. she would borrow them some books and manga ā i believe she reads manga and would make anyone around her read it. it's a pass to the normal life, you know, without intense training and responsibilities.
so when guinaifen and sushang are around, yanqing can finally be free from all of this "gifted child" pressure and from loneliness that comes with it. something warm and free from expectations and also without this competition that's in his relationship with yunli.
i either forgot something or i have nothing left to say so thank you for reading!!
the next post is going to be about yukong and yanqing so stay tuned!