TY FIREFLY ANIMATED SHORT MENTION 🎉🎉🎉 i love that video so much it’s not even funny. as for the yaotrio i’m ngl i leave that to you and other oomfs bc i love feixiao to pieces but i’m not overly invested in moze or jiaoqiu so i don’t have very detailed thoughts or hcs on their relationships as smaller pairs and a trio that i haven’t already discussed in discord or seen brought up in oomfies’ posts. that being said i really appreciate how feixiao is positioned at the center of their relationship and how deeply devoted they are to her and i think it’s interesting to explore in the context of what i’ve said before about the larger culture and communal grief of the xianzhou as a whole. part of the xianzhou’s alignment with the hunt and the desire to eliminate the abundance comes from the desire to gain some semblance of control as closure so the xianzhou is stuck in this perpetual cycle of grief while still trying to hold onto the hope that things will be different and that focus on change is what keeps them moving forward and i think feixiao’s alignment with the hunt is interesting bc in regards to her role as the general and her individual contribution to the war against the abundance, even on a personal emotional level, she serves as lan’s arrow and this carries over to her interpersonal relationships as well. her ambition drives the others forward, both physically in the sense that through serving her she puts them into action and mentally/emotionally as they turn to her for some sense of motivation, guidance, and even closure. feixiao is a beacon of hope, strength and encouragement for all but it’s especially meaningful for them bc of their own personal histories and how they’re a part of the very few people who ever get to see and understand feixiao as a person, not an icon

i think i’ve mentioned this before but i really appreciate jiaoqiu’s character bc hoyo continues to explore the weight of war through the eyes of a medic who’s developed a sense of helplessness and felt paralyzed by his grief which is a very stark contrast to how feixiao’s loss drives her forward so i believe his master’s line about feixiao “healing his despondent heart” and “telling him the true purpose of a healer” is related to learning to navigate psychological states, whether that means finding closure in accepting limitations (as a healer he will never be able to save everyone so their deaths are not his personal burden) or gaining some sense of security in being able to help others (his dedication to treating feixiao and the lengths he goes to for her in canon are related to how he views his own worth and happiness). ofc that’s not entirely comprehensive of their entire dynamic but i hope you get what i mean! i find their relationship very compelling as two people responding to grief in inherently different ways, with feixiao being determined from a young age to keep moving at any cost and eventually gaining the power of an aeon while the scale of jiaoqiu’s loss was suffocating partly bc he a perceived it as a personal failure. it’s interesting bc there’s a perceived “powerful vs powerless” yet feixiao has carried so many doubts throughout her entire life and feels like her strength is never enough while jiaoqiu is renowned for his abilities and service and does so much for her health but downplays his own contributions. idk i need to shake them. also not to be cringe and make everything about #them but the way jiaoqiu’s master led him to feixiao is similar to how i feel elio connected the stellaron hunters. i really like the overarching idea in hsr that our differences may be sources of conflict, internally and interpersonally, and they also make us stronger when we learn from each other and work together bc there’s so much value in companionship