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high cloud quintet fanart!
do you think whenever dan heng hears the numbers 3 and 5 in the same sentence together he gets war flashbacks
Was rewatching some of the HSR animations and HE LOOKS SO GODDAMN HAPPY HERE AS AN OLD MAN HELP
rambling about blade / yingxing headcanons and ideas that I've thought abt or seen floating around
(his white hair, him not knowing what tech is, how the Mara permanently messed up his hands and muscle memory so he can't do what he loved anymore, etc etc)
Headcanon #1: white hair
Everyone except Dan Feng had white hair, and I'm p sure I mentioned this before but imagine
So Yingxing is the only short-life species right, and he's getting old and noticing it and realizing that compared to the others, he doesn't have much time left
And one of the others notices how melancholy he is, and how he's trying to hide it for their sake, and is like "hmm," before being like "hey what if we all got white hair but didn't tell Dan Feng"
And all of them know it's to make Yingxing feel less alone, but it's played off as a "hehe pranking Dan Feng" moment
Headcanon #2: old man blade not knowing how tech works
We see this a bit with current Blade and Silver Wolf, but I like to imagine it was still part of his personality to a lesser extent
He would have been the "old guy" of the group who was an expert with traditional crafts and technology, but not so much with newer things since he preferred to make things "the old way" or by hand, since it made him feel more connected with his work
Like, he would have kept up with the newer stuff being made and used it if it would have helped him with his work, but wouldn't have bothered with stuff like phones, computers, the internet, etc
So the others would always ask him for help with anything they broke, and he'd ask for help with anything internet or computer related
Headcanon #3: him knowing how to craft stuff besides weapons, armor, et cetera
This is a stretch but if his skills expanded beyond just weapons and armor he could probably help fix everyone's clothes (they'd probably get torn up in battle) or make little hand-made gifts and stuff like statues and jewelry and armor and cutlery
Like he also would have been an artist specializing in handmade things, but no one would have suspected him of making such tiny and delicate things until they got to know him
Headcanon #4:
So as Blade, he still has damaged hands and scars, and I've seen a headcanon of sorts floating around that the Mara focuses only on the wounds that need the most urgent healing, and leaves "minor" or less severe wounds unhealed
And the Mara would have focused on all the fatal wounds Jingliu inflicted while killing Blade, leaving other wounds to heal improperly
So now as Blade, his hands are too damaged to perform fine crafts and movements, except for swordplay, which he sort of got beaten into him by Jingliu
My other headcanon of sorts is that the Mara messed with his muscle memory, not just his ability to remember events
So his mind and nervous system are essentially too scrambled for him to learn any type of craft or fine motor skill except for swordplay (and maybe driving)
And I kind of feel like he would find some peace if he were still able to make things, sort of like how some people use embroidery or weaving or drawing as a coping method / escapism, but even that form of art / self expression has been taken from him
It'd be like if Robin permanently lost the ability to sing or if Serval suddenly became tone-deaf and couldn't play guitar
High cloud quintet honest reaction to bunch of young strangers saying "we want to be like high cloud quintet!":
Jing Yuan: *tells a few stories from when hcq was up and happy, encourages them* I'm looking forward to see what you achieved one day.
Blade: do you want to disband and go on your own ways to different sides of the universe after everything crumbles? Nobody says you can't do it.
Jingliu: such a delight to see that our old achievements encourage young generation so much. But everything has its price and this price may be very high sometimes. Are you willing to face any price that comes for your ambitions and friendship when the time comes?
Dan Heng: *some failed attempts to recall anything* okay..?
Baiheng honest reaction: 💀👍