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  1. Rec 94

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    “My humble apologies, Imperator,” Hysilens says, her voice rasping unpleasantly—still so unaccustomed to the human tongue. She clears her throat, pressing a hand to her chest. “To see that fish in the blackness where the sun’s rays dare not shine… it is as a star; radiant in the depths of the sea. Not unlike your blazing light, which guided me to shore.”

    Cerydra takes a long sip of her glass, only to fall silent. Golden ichor drips from the corner of her mouth, and Hysilens resists the urge to reach out, and…

    “Were you truly so allured?” Cerydra murmurs, shattering the silent moment almost off-handedly—which is strange—no action of the Imperator's is impromptu in the slightest. She is an angler, a chessmaster. She is patient, composed, and she does not err lightly.

    But Cerydra blinks as she looks to Hysilens, as if she too is struck with momentary surprise at her own tongue. Her breath is sweet, and warm against her siren’s scales. And Hysilens nods.

    “Yes,” she whispers, for none but her light to hear. “I was.”


    "Twist the knife, Helektra."

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    27 Sep 2025

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    A faux Archon, forced to play a 500 year role of solitude to save her people. Her champion who stands beside, and against her on the stage when the prophecy meets its culmination.

    Two women devoted to the protection of their Nation, of Justice, and ultimately, each other, as they learn to close the distance between them.

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    6 times Clorinde protects Furina, 1 time she fails, and 1 time Furina returns the favour.

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    16 May 2025

  3. Rec 42

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    The amusement in Victoria’s eyes heightened. It’s not obvious on her face, but Iris has had enough practice to know that while her facial expression betrays nothing, her eyes did not do the same.

    “Miss Wen, you did what I asked.”

    “Yes, we’ve already established that.”

    “And you didn’t complain or ask for help.”

    “-Are you trying to make me look bad?”

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    Iris Wen's time at Huanyu and her discovering why Victoria Qi makes her feel sick.

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    05 May 2025

  4. Rec 59

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    “My,” Tingyun says cheekily, gracefully sidestepping around Aglaea with the poise of a gifted dancer. She pivots agilely on the ball of her right foot, coy gaze never leaving the Goldweaver’s stationary frame. “I never imagined I'd be handpicked by a demigod. How exciting! But I guess there's always a first for everything, right, Miss Aglaea?”

    And Aglaea, to her credit, does not falter beneath the fox-eared woman’s playful gaze. Silently, she wonders how many grow flustered in Tingyun’s presence—it must be an easy feat for her, certainly. There is charm in every smile, every flick of an endearing fox ear, every stroke of a tail. Were Aglaea anyone else, she's sure she'd be under Tingyun's spell in seconds.

    or, the one where Tingyun joins the Astral Express on their trip to Amphoreus.

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    03 May 2025

  5. Rec 51

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    “I promised to be with you, but it still hurts to know you’ll never truly be mine. The world will never know about us.” Selene gives a bitter laugh. “My only comfort is knowing that you were mine first. That I touched you first. No one else can take that away.”

    Victoria’s face crumples. The hollow look in her eyes is gone now, their frozen state having thawed into violet pools of heartache and regret.

    Or: Selene and Victoria’s relationship in the aftermath of Victoria’s bad ending.

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    29 Apr 2025

  6. Rec 26

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    Aglaea teaches Castorice to dance.

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    “Tell me, Cas. For how long can a frigid heart survive?” Aglaea asks her.
    “Forever, I think,” Castorice answers tentatively, with her eyes wandering. “As long as there’s another heart willing to warm it.”

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    21 Apr 2025

  7. Rec 77

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    Love — boring, stupid love — is quite frankly, for losers.

    Messes like the ones she and Ruan Mei make are far more interesting.

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    16 Mar 2025

  8. Rec 55

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    Aglaea's threads are unable to see Castorice.

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    03 Mar 2025

  9. Rec 32

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    “I would kill for you.” (A mental translation, built carefully over a lifetime: I would die for you.)

    “What if I said I wanted you to live for me?”

    Clorinde and Navia navigate opposing forces: (self-)hatred and love.

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    05 Feb 2025

  10. Rec 93

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    "When was the last time we did this?" Clorinde wonders aloud. "Once upon a time, we sat at this beach a lot, didn't we?"

    "We did." Navia nods, all prior humor having fled in the wake of this reality—somehow, time had slipped through their fingers, like fine grains of sand, disappearing into the current of Fontaine's rising waters. "I can't even tell you how long it's been."

    or, they reconvene on the beachside, and Navia thinks Clorinde resembles a dejected puppy.

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    01 Feb 2025

  11. Rec 56

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    Astra Yao willed Evelyn Chevalier to be a real person.

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    26 Jan 2025

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    The way world-famous Fontanian celebrity Navia Caspar acts on camera is nothing like how she acts away from it. As her newly hired bodyguard and long-time confidant, Clorinde would know.

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    10 Nov 2024

  13. Rec 11

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    “I’ll wear these onstage,” Kana tells her. “You’ll watch me, when I do?”

    “I’ll watch you whenever,” Akane replies, immediate. “You know this.”

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    19 Sep 2024

  14. Rec 15

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    Laotong come from the time when marriage was the familial duty to connect lineages, not the emotionally intimate affair we know today. Two girls whom the stars proclaim to be compatible sign a contract, vowing to know each other better than their own future husbands, providing each other with the love and support they need to survive.

    Yanfei’s laotong partnership provides her with the deep-heart companionship she craves, but as times goes on, there seems to be another dimension to her feelings for Hu Tao that threaten to swallow her up if she doesn’t figure out what they mean and make her want.

    (Is this perhaps why they describe having a laotong as being ‘emotionally married’…?)

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    16 Jun 2024

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    They don’t say anything to each other. They don’t have to. The clock ticks in the corner and helps Navia calm the rapid pounding in her chest. Clorinde’s fingertips running up and down her arm and the way Navia can close her eyes and listen to her heartbeat is all that she needs. All that they need.

    All she ever wanted was for Clorinde to feel safe. To feel loved and wanted and worth it, like Clorinde had always done for her.

    There is no Navia without Clorinde. No Clorinde without Navia.

    Or, from beginning to end, how Clorinde falls in the bloom of their youth, the way Navia follows suit in the aftermath, and how they continue to intertwine.

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    13 Jun 2024

  16. Rec 19

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    Only those with a heritage tied to an illuminated beast can see the spirits of the dead on Qingming Day. Unfortunately for their daughter, the blood of the qilin runs thin in her veins.

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    25 Nov 2023

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    “What is this?”

     

    “Macaroni,” says Clorinde and even the name of the dish sounds plain and dull. She picks up her own fork and stabs a piece inside the pot. “You should know; it’s the only thing you grabbed at the grocers before running out in a panic.”

     

    Furina has nothing to say to that. She takes another bite instead.

     

    Swallows.

     

    “Are you here to kill me?”

     

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    Furina takes off the mask and discovers who she really is behind the scars. Set before and after her story quest, on the road to recovery.

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    25 Nov 2023

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    Changed my life for the better

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    Claire François is madly in love—and that's a problem.

    All the things she once valued now stand in her way. The nobility could never accept her loving a commoner. The church could never accept her loving a woman. Her father would be so disappointed in her. None of that matters to her anymore, not as much as creating a future for herself and Rae Taylor. To do that, they'll first have to survive the coming revolution, and to survive, they'll have to change.

    But, maybe, even with the entire world is standing against her and her love, if they can change themselves they'll have a chance to change the world.

    So that's what they'll have to do—whatever it takes.

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    20 Oct 2023

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    It is sweet on occasion to play the fool.

     

    Furina was born of a small mountain spring, the most unassuming of God King Remus of Remuria's many children. If one were to have asked anyone who knew her back then, who they would have guessed to live the longest of King Remus's progeny, she would have been the last on their list. But as Remuria fell, as all nations who dare to defy the heavens are destined, she alone remained of that damned blood line. She alone remained even as Egeria rebuilt the pieces of Fontaine from the Archon War. Furina alone remained when one of Seven Sovereigns, the Dragon of Water, was reborn into this world—and it was her who reached out and grabbed that little hand.

     

    Neuvillette does not understand why he was born into this world—or who exactly he is. But, that strange woman who walked into his life one day has never lead him astray. So he continues to follow after her until their road ends.

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    27 Sep 2023

  20. Rec 51

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    Liyue was her boundless sky. And she, the coming storm.
    But as she was constantly reminded, Liyue was also the immovable mountain.
    A storm could transform the sky.
    But how could a storm make a mountain move?


    In order to fly, she learned—one did not need the blessings of a god. And yet, it becomes increasingly clear to Keqing that not everyone is ready to spread their wings just yet.

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    17 Jun 2023

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