#Highcloud

[purplebex]

#brindleton bay #Highcloud #highcloud gen 12 #ditft #ts4 #Sims 4

[kurim-chis]

"Never a Choice" — Kafka

AKA Elio offered Kafka a choice to spare the Trailblazer of their fate, and she turned it down.

This is also how I slingshot myself into the abyss of "overthinking on some random thing"

Something that just occured me is, WHY did Silver Wolf say that Kafka could choose between "two receptacles"?

There are several fanon interpretations as a result of having this at the start of the game: 1) Ppl joke that it makes Kafka our Mom. 2) It means that Trailblazer never had a gender to begin with because Kafka could've always chosen to have them be female or male. 3) Test tube baby Trailblazer! 4) Everything is fake THE SKY IS FAKE EVERYONE /bonk and it's just a game mechanic.

However, as it turns out, this was more likely just point 4. It isn't meant to have any relevance to the story, and is just there to make it convenient for new players to choose their preferred Main Character at the start point. I say this because Blade remembers Trailblazer from BEFORE the Prologue and seeing them tagging along Kafka for a long, long while. Whatever receptacle player chooses, they have always been that receptacle. Caelus and Stelle are VASTLY different from each other despite similarities, so he wouldn't be confusing Caelus for Stelle and vice versa.

However, because my brain wanted to think too much about it, what if we were to take this into a SERIOUS context:

Kafka's choice didn't matter. It was a predetermined fate in the "story" of Honkai Star Rail. Why?

Well, Blade remembers seeing the Trailblazer before. The Trailblazer had already existed prior to the prologue as "Stelle" if you chose Stelle or as "Caelus" if you chose Caelus, it's unlikely he would've said he recognized them if they were Stelle in the past but then Caelus in the future because, as I said, Caelus and Stelle look, well, different.

So why did Elio tell Kafka and SIlver Wolf that Kafka could choose? And it was only Kafka. Silver Wolf knew the Trailblazer but not as anything more than perhaps the Receptacle or an existence that Kafka knew, since she is indifferent to the choice of Receptacle X or Y, but then says that the Trailblazer will remember Kafka at least.

Kafka: Elio said this decision will bring about lots of changes. Silver Wolf: He also said it must be you who makes it.

After Kafka's companion quest and how the Trailblazer has ALWAYS been the Trailblazer you choose, so "making a choice" doesn't make sense or matter. (Unless well, gender change shenagians... But that is an another whole can of worms.)

BUT this made me think. To us, it's just a convenient game set up for us to choose a preferred MC. In the story however, perhaps the choice Elio was giving Kafka was to choose the "protagonist" of the story. Say for example that I chose Stelle, so Stelle is the person that used to travel with Kafka and was glimpsed occassionally by Blade in the past. Something happened to Stelle, maybe she died or her role was always to become a Stellaron vessel, and that's the deal she made with Elio; so, she willingly resets most - if not all - of her memories and becomes the Stellaron vessel in exchange for something. So the time came, she vanished, the Stellaron Hunters set up everything to steal Herta's Stellaron and house it inside Stelle, and so on.

Which brings us to The Choice. In this brainstorming (and totally WRONG IT'S ONLY FOR FUN!!!) interpretation of the scene where Kafka is choosing the receptacle, it could be that at the start of the game is Elio basically telling Kafka:

"You have a choice. Choose if you want the person you have travelled with to be the main character of this script. She will be the hero of this tale, the centerpiece to this plot, the protagonist of this story; but she will suffer. I will continue to use her as per my deal with her, just like I use all of you."

"However, you can also choose to give her fate to another. To an all-new vessel. Stelle will continue to be dead, but she will no longer be the pawn in this game, and she will not need to go through what the script entails. Instead of Stelle, another Receptacle will take her place."

"The choice you make will decide the future, and it will be the right one."

And Kafka will choose Stelle anyway (the same applies if the player chooses Caelus and Caelus is the predetermined MC).

Because she is Kafka and she does not understand many emotions, but most importantly she does not know fear, and thus cannot fear for Stelle's unknown destiny. She subconsciously loves Stelle, but she does not fear for Stelle's future. She regards Stelle very preciously, but she also trusts in Stelle. She knows that destiny will not be kind, but she will choose for Stelle to undergo destiny's trials anyways.

Becaue—

Because...!

Kafka: Listen. In the future, you will encounter all kinds of perils and hardships, but you will also have many wonderful experiences. You will meet companions who treat you like family, and embark on surreal adventures with them. Kafka: At the end of your jouney, all that perplexes you and troubles you will resolve. This is your future that Elio has forseen. Do you like it?

Elio says that if Kafka chooses Stelle, then Stelle - despite her hardships and suffering - will get the ending that she deserves.

Happiness. Family. All her troubles and woes, resolved.

Stelle's ending will be a happy ending.

And well, it's known that of the Stellaron Hunters, Kafka is probably the one who most zealously believes in Elio's abilities to see the many branches of the future.

However, perhaps it could be argued that the ending does not validate the process. Too much suffering would make ending too bitter to swallow. So much lost in the name of the greater good tends to make for a bitter victory. Moreover, this is only IF everything goes well, there's always the possibility that they will not be able to script the future in the best direction and everything will have been for naught. Like how in Kafka's Companion Quest if we refuse to help her, the future will go in the direction of Sam and Silver Wolf needing to bail both of them from Xianzhou, Blade being gravely injured, and relations with Xianzhou broken beyond repair probably as a result of Sam and Silver Wolf's less than peaceful methods.

The future is uncertain, but destiny will never be kind, and they both know it. That's why Elio still gave Kafka the choice to spare Stelle, and somehow, her choice will always be the right one.

Kafka chooses Stelle anyways.

Kafka believes in Stelle their destiny, and that's why she made that decision to not spare her on that day in Herta's Space Station.

(Because Stelle is her destiny. Hers.)

(Subconsciously most likely, even if Elio were to present her with the choice, Kafka will not accept anyone or anything else as her destiny.)

And perhaps, this is something that Elio had forseen anyways.

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Anyhow, I chose to write Trailblazer as Stelle just to make it easier to explain my thoughts AND because I love Stelle and am unabashedly biased towards her. But like I said, this is a brainstorming that is in relation to the Trailblazer, and also applies to Caelus if player chose Caelus at the beginning.

AKA me making shit up. Thanks for reading all that brain vomit.

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#kurim writes hsr #dont mind me it's just my brain vomitting nonsense at /checks time/ five a.m. #kafka #trailblazer #hsr #honkai star rail #kafka x trailblazer #kafka x stelle #kafka x caelus #just another hsr fan spouting shit out of her mouth #humu humu how to make brain shut tHE FUCK UP AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH #anyways I love kafka very much #I also love stelle very very much #ofc blade my darling i also love him very much uwu #BTW GILF YINGXING IS VERY HOT SOMEHOW! #aaaaahhhhhhhhhh the tragedy of the highcloud quintet it smells delicious :)

[xiincun]

"hey, dan feng - when are you gonna teach me how to use a spear like you do? i've gotta graduate from this boring old sword sometime, right?" the intrusion to the dragon's quiet solitude is punctuated by the weight of jing yuan's arms leant against his shoulders, pulling the taller of the two back into his chest for a moment before shifting to instead stand in front of his comrade and friend. rounded ears atop his head are pricked and tail poking out from beneath his armour sways almost excitedly behind him as the younger man grins around his next request.

"and you've gotta start sparring with me more. master says i need to learn how to fight more than just her techniques and all that--" ;; @astrcls ;; sc

#astrcls ; dan feng #; ic ; #; verse - the highcloud quintet ; #bare with me i haven't tried to write a younger jing yuan until right now but #i wanna explore how he goes from being literal ray of sunshine to (gestures vaguely) #hehehhe

[high-clouds-stem-technologies]

STEM Education Workshops/ Atal Tinkering Workshops conducted by ‘High Clouds STEM Technologies Pvt Ltd’ . 

Covered topics like electronics, robotics, drones, 3D printing/ additive manufacturing. 

https://highclouds.co/media-coverage-of-high-clouds-stem-technologies-pvt-ltd/

#ataltinkeringlab #stemeducation #highclouds #highcloudsstemtechnologies

[oswaldojop]

#REPOST @och_aye_the_view with @get__repost__app Some sunset stillness is all we need at times. #teamgoogle #teampixel #pixelcam #google #googleuk #seenonpixel #pixel6 #pixel6camera #googlepixel6 #sunset #litupsky #highclouds #clouds #cloudchaser #loch #lochfyne #reflection #water #stillwater #pier #beautiful #beauty #beautifulscenery #beautifulsky #scenery #scotland #scotlandexplore #scottishlochs #peace https://www.instagram.com/p/CeS-0k8OG0T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[neuvistar]

Dilf Yingxing is SOOOOO fine you can't change my mind. Like the fact that he's so OLD but still in highcloud quintet and able to fight/wield a sword??

I'm sorry sir you are like 70 years old you have no right being this hot.

I refuse to believe this old man doesn't have bulky arms. Man forge a weapon EVERY SINGLE DAY, ain't no way he got nothin' on the finger game. His stamina also must be equal to the long life species, can easily pin you down after hours of fucking.

I'M SORRY I'M JUST VERY THIRSTY FOR THIS MAN. BLADE IS HOT BUT YINGXING IS HOTTER.

SO REAL. HES SO SOOOO SOOOOOO.. omfg.

nsfw!

number one yingxing dick sucker here foreal !!

he’s so hot u r so right anon !!! 🥹🥹 i need him sooo bad.. ugh.

STOPPP.. EQUAL TO LONG LIFE SPECIES??? aint no way. i mean yeah he may be old but bros still GOT IT 😭 i bet he can do it WHILE STANDING. if y’all know what i mean

yingxing is def good with his fingers u are so correct on that! he’s definitely the type to tease a little too, like the moment he notices how much ur walls r squeezing around his digits.. he immediately pulls them away and shoves em back in like ok bro…

#ᖭི༏ᖫྀ rysetalks (꒰ঌ ๑•́ •̀)໒꒱ #ᖭི༏ᖫྀ maryse answers ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა #ᖭི༏ᖫྀ anons ଘ(੭´꒳`)° #yingxing <3 #blade <33 #blade pussy destroyer #yingxing pussy destroyer #he’s so fine bye ok…

[cloudpalettes]

HSR Jing Yuan actually made me lose my mind. I played the latest version and thought about him for like more than 1 sec and KABOOM. Like what do you mean he's the only one left??? WHAT DO U MEAN HE SAW TWO OF HIS DEAREST FRIENDS AND THEY'RE NOT AS THEY ONCE WERE!!!!!! im gonna be sick . .

hi anon I Get You ,,,,, from the highcloud quintet he's pretty much the only one left ,,, and the only one who had to clean up the aftermath too like 😭😭😭 he witnessed his friends Leave and his friends are no longer who they once were ,,, their previous times together only remain in his memory now ,,,,,,,,,,

#ask #wow i love jing yuan tbh #also receiving this in my inbox is a Shock #bc i never thought i would ever receive a hsr related q #BUT IM RLY GLAD #thanks anon #thinking about jing yuan makes me so Sick and Unwell #also thinking about who he managed to remain sane #like he's not mara struck which is crazy #how does he even do it #ALSO #reminds me of that voiceline about dh #something the one i wish to trace exists now only in memory soemthing #im going to bash a brick on my head #wtf

[generalsmemories]

ifound a post abt jing yuan from someone and i rlly wnanna know what u think abt the cutscene w luocha and jingliu ToT im not head deep into lore but i got the gist of it. im so concerned for this man. 3/4 of his besties r criminals, supposed to be dead hates each other one doesnt even remember anything blade cant die whatever jingliu is upto w susboy merchant is probably not good and the 1/4 baiheng is dead-dead (i fink) ToT how does he livew w it

saurs if i got it all wrong the highcloud quintet is a mess and jing yuan is the minimum wage sweeper

spoilers ahead so if you haven't played through the 1.3 epilogue of xianzhou look away

with every new patch i fear for this mans health and wellbeing fr fr.

The High Cloud Quintet lore is just the meme of me going: WANNA SEE HOW MUCH I CAN CRY? before i proceed to sob my entire soul out at this point i love these people so unnaturally much that the fallout is just a big slap over and over again.

I can also go on about High Cloud Quintet but for the sake of my sanity I won't-

The cutscene with Jingliu and Luocha very much insinuates that we're going to return to the Xianzhou in the future, which I do hope we get more explantion this time around because how the storytellers handled Xianzhou was very much an up and down rollercoaster with an anticlimatic ending. (i just like jing yuan so i can hype myself enough by seeing his 3D model on screen, but otherwise the ending left much more to be desired).

As for the actual cutscene - Jingliu here ready to actually go for the Aeon herself and not the abominations who worship them. I don't know how much of her sanity is left within her since I have to put on my actual reading comprehension glasses on to piece stuff together from my own notes HAHAHA All I can say is that Luocha actually hating Yaoshi with a passion was a bit unexpected, but I'm very much up for this expy of Otto to kill an Aeon whose whole goal is to give life to people wanting it.

Jing Yuan left behind to fix whatever the hell happened. He may have not suffered as much as the other 4, BUT BOY DOES HE HAVE TO KEEP REMEMBERING THEM TO PROTECT THE XIANZHOU LMFAO

#narus' message corner #anon #IM DARN SURE THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO READ AS A RESPONSE BUT I JUST SAW HIGH CLOUD QUINTET AND ZEROED IN ON THAT #THE OTHER STUFF BECAME AN AFTERTHOUGHT #but at the moment dear anon my head is empty #no thoughts only jing yuan #give me 2-3 business days before i suddenly make a post screaming. #i can guarantee you it's bound to happen sobs

[mowd2414]

Highcloud Quintet

#honkai star rail art #honkai star rail fanart #honkai star rail #honkai dan heng #honkai jing yuan #honkai jingliu #honkai blade

[purplebex]

And finally, the back porch.

I'll have to do a renovation challenge again. I loved making these gifs for it.

#sims 4 renovation #exteriors #HIGHCLOUD #HIGHCLOUD GEN 12 #DITFT #TS4 #SIMS 4

[serendipitouslysweet]

I recently watched Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story and one of my favorite quotes from the show was this "Love is not a thing one is able or not able to do based on some magic. Some chemistry. That is for plays. Love is determination. Love is a choice one makes. You take someone in marriage, and you choose to love them."

The quote reflects on Queen Charlotte's and King George's marriage. Though not perfect, they both bring out the best in each other, accepting each other's flaws and virtues. I wish more people were like Queen Charlotte, empathetic and caring toward King George's mental illness. Despite his incurable condition, she stayed with him. Somehow, they made their relationship work. This type of love is rarely seen in today's dating world. Nevertheless, I'm hopeful that one day I'll find love like this

#queen charlotte #king george bridgerton #brigerton #love stories #relationship #love poems #writing #personal thoughts #SoundCloud

[teuffels]

this time it was a little iffy, but eyy long live the highcloud quintet.

i hope i can snag hanya when argenti banner comes.

#my stuff

[high-clouds-stem-technologies]

Technoyugam 2022 Atal Tinkering Lab workshop conducted by High Clouds STEM Technologies Pvt. Ltd. at bokaro steel city, Jharkhand, India.

#STEMEducation #STEM #AtalTinkeringLabs #AatmanirbharBharat #StartupIndia #STEMeducationInIndia 

#technoyugam #stemeducation #stem #stemeducationinindia #startupindia #ataltinkeringlab #highclouds #highcloudsstemtechnologies

[weehughie]

Afternoon sky… • • #sky #bluesky #skyporn #clouds #cloud #cloudporn #blue #bluesunday #highclouds #cirrus #jetstream #atmosphere #lookup #above #aboveyou #spring #spring2022 #highsky #up #countryside #deepblue #hampshire #space #aboveandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3aSyLI1ir/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sky #bluesky #skyporn #clouds #cloud #cloudporn #blue #bluesunday #highclouds #cirrus #jetstream #atmosphere #lookup #above #aboveyou #spring #spring2022 #highsky #up #countryside #deepblue #hampshire #space #aboveandbeyond

[brokenpiecesshine]

BABYMETAL on Instagram, 17/03/2024.

#BABYMETAL new dance video F.HERO x BODYSLAM x BABYMETAL - ‘LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND’ 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Out on High Cloud Entertainment Official TikTok ▶️https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFmLAUQo/ #LIABCHALLENGE Go!💫🌒 #LIAB_FHEROxBODYSLAMxBABYMETAL #FHERO #BODYSLAMBAND #BABYMETAL #HighCloudEnt

#2024 #BABYMETAL #su metal #moametal #momometal

[sammyxdeanxberry]

' I see forever in your eyes I feel okay when I see you smile' 

This video will hold a special place in my heart, my first collab with a very good friend of mine, @DreamerJordi. - Dreamer Jordi, It was a pleasure working with you & I look forward to doing so again in the near future!

 Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender Character(s): Aang & Katara Song: Dandelions Cover By: Highcloud

#Kataang #avatar: the last airbender #Aang #Katara #Aang / Katara #ATLA #Myedit #Myfirstcollab