1. that hes a doomed to be a gacha character meaning I don't get to see him much unless hoyo decide to sell his banner again. good thing he sold well and got some attention despite being in the same patch as ms. raiden so he'll probably come more often
2. tacky ass sense of fashion
3. grown ass man using 🥺 in public!!!!
4. knows diamond will back his crazy ass so he probably gets off scot free whenever he does his shenanigans. like I know other stonehearts hate his ass because he refuses to carry the stoneheart title with dignity and instead starts a dance influencer career instead of the traditional capitalist hellscape career like idk being a stock bro
5. the fact that his sad backstory is front and center in 2.1 now ppl refuse to engage with him as a character beyond that and it also affects how they view other characters that interact with him. and like ok FINE I guess. its just my gripe and I'm not out here to tell ppl what they could do with their fan content. it's just not my cup of tea and I'm too tired in my day job to cook my own food (thanks capitalism) let me whine a bit

gosh like where do I even start? I don't have much fave hcs ATM but I've been pondering on some stuff
like how churin introduces himself not as sigonian but as an avgin specifically. he's proud of his origins sure but I also like to think he would like to separate himself from the other sigonians out of spite bc they did cast out avgins and left them to die.
I also think constantly think about how he feels slightly guilty for making avgins even more notorious after he scammed ipc twice. hc that he wishes ppl just attribute the scamming to just him specifically and not his avgin origins
Thinking some Thots as well if he would have wanted revenge on katicans himself? nobody knows the fate of katicans after the avgin genocide but god i understand why sunday had to ask if he wanted to destroy the world. if I found out I'm the last living person from my clan I will be going after their necks.
loosely connected to another hc of mine that jade gave him that earring. doesn't jade have ability to turn stuff to crystals? i kinda forgot where that was implied but I like to think that those are katicans. she didn't do it for churin specifically of course but it was state that ipc had been going against katicans already and was probably waiting for an excuse to wipe them out. I like to think after becoming a stoneheart and asking where the avgins where so he can help them, churin become lost and his next course was revenge. asked jade where they are and she just. shows the gem to him and gives it to him. god it's fucked up "kindness" from lady jade.

I CANT FIND MY THREAD OF FAVE CHURIN FICS gawd I'll get back to u if I ever find it

yeah definitely. when did this loser ever let go of things easy when he can firmly (desperately) hold shit in his grasp.

you know that quote abt that goes "everything i ever let go has my claw marks on it" thats churin. he's preservation and he's desperately trying to Hold On to things esp things from his past. he kept his fathers clothes his mothers token his sister's prayers etc etc etc ... the only thing he's loose with is his h—
i mean money. for something he bases his self worth on, he just throws it around. tho i guess that's part of his "status". someone who can just not think abt throwing away money.

the real question is... can he even attach himself to anything or anybody new when he absolutely refuses to part with anything from his past? who will be this magical person who churin will be reluctant to ever part with nobody will ever know ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

my hc is that i think churin doesn't know how to respond to kindness. from how his line abt paying back the ppl from planet xxx from his character story, he HAD experienced other's kindness and its not a unique treatment that he only gets from drrat. problem is, he doesn't know how to reciprocate cuz he seemingly never had the chance. my hc is that he thinks receiving kindness is another kind of luck for him, but this luck seems to never extend beyond himself. he does want to use it for the benefit of those who had helped him.

unless its like madam jades brand of kindness. he makes snide remarks abt it but continues to accept it which makes me think that at least he knows how to handle it as long as there's a way he can pay her back. it's great it's transactional it's cold but so familiar. i wanna see how he reacts to pity tho

he's also much more familiar with being treated with disdain but i think he has long since grown thicker skin and in fact uses the stereotypes and prejudice to his advantage. he's not the poor bullied newbie in the company like others make it out to be. he wouldn't have risen up the ranks otherwise if remarks like that get to him. he hardly even blinked when sparkle deliberately said incendiary remarks about his race. he said it himself use him backstab him do whatever u see fit he doesn't give s shit.

same i cant stand the uwu insecure need assurance bottom churin. this is what makes him virtually indistinguishable from the top twinks of other fandoms. Im also not amused the amount of oooh dr ratio is so speshul and such a charitable kind hunk and a savior of churin" praising going on. its almost feels self-inserty and by then I mean they self insert on churin. I'm just not interested in that kind of thing. I'm a #ChurinLover first and foremost.

and as a churin lover I like to see how he tries and makes plans to keep going on and survive on his own cuz that's the main thing that draws me to him apart from the whole fucked up in the head thing. he's... very good at surviving. he had gone through some absolutely horrific stuff and it fucked him up but he crawled out of that hell on his own. he deserves the credit

same i personally see him as not very showy and hard to show vulnerability. like I think he has huge ass walls (aka his mask) around him. which is what makes it so fun to make him break down.

i think the fandom thinks that 2.1 was what he usually looks like but I see it as an extreme circumstance and so far the only ppl who saw him vulnerable and honest was what? acheron? and he only let his guard down due to being yknow dead (temporarily anyway). apart from this, IMO whenever he shows vulnerability or weaknesses (like when sunday cornered him), its just what he chooses to show and its not the whole picture def.

i just think churin as a lover would have gift giving as his love language but that's him shooting two birds with one stone cuz one he likes extravagant spending to fill that void in his heart and what better excuse than to spend it on somebody he loves.

don't have much nsfw thots abt him as a lover. i just like putting him in situations aka I like to think he uses sex to shut his brain off so most of the time he's a lil pillow princess. also think he has some fucked up relationship with his body so... yeah I like smut with him that emphasizes how fucked up he is in the head

glad ppl actually agree with my rants on here oml its hard not to feel crazy at times cuz majority has a wildly different read on churins character than me.
god ppl are so fixated on turning him to be a perfect victim it kills me. like that one post abt how churin was forcibly made by ipc to do a sexy magazine photoshoot as if that mf isnt completely taking advantage of his own damn looks to rake in money. like this is the guy who would sell out his own eyeballs if it means getting some cold hard cash. said mf is also a dance influencer. he's hustling with whatever talent and looks he had and it's great.

abt masked fools, it's completely understandable why he rejected them. based on the messages from jade, churin has already a view on what happiness is (see his voiceline about wealth and how it basically enables a life of dignity) and how to get it (through ipc). thing about churin though is he asks "what is the point?" whenever he attains happiness (read: wealth). his voiceline abt winning really emphasizes this. the core conflict of his character is that he wins. but its ultimately meaningless in like. maybe grand scheme of things? maybe cuz he has nobody to share that happiness with. masked fools and elation can't really help him answer that question. tbh even ipc can't. masked fools may also help him gain money but these masked fools ultimately keeps chasing elation meaning winning over and over and churin finds that boring. idk if that makes sense i just got home from trip but yea. he'll be just as good in masked fools but he'll be bored out of his skull. he also knows there's a more efficient way of siphoning out money so he'll inevitably still choose ipc tbh. sidenote is that i get psychic dmg whenever i rmbr a post abt how churin rejected elation cuz he doesn't believe he deserves happiness or whatever. guys.... stop making him such a pathetic sad sack. makes me wish jade didnt have to step in to close penacony deal and have churin do it himself so ppl will have to knock it in their heads that hes a hardline capitalist

relationship with jade: tense fucked up motherdaughterisms. jade likes him. my hc was that he was a still a child when she picked him up so she is kinda soft towards him. but she also remembers his promise of rising above her. i love that tbh. she saw the bottomless pit in churin since she can read desires and all. jade's customers at bonajade exchange all end up losing. and while churin isnt exactly one of her customers (she ends up rejecting his wish to see diamond) she still ends up getting a "collateral" from him aka his name in exchange for wealth and everything. ppl think jade calling him aventurine is a means of control and her being racist? but i think she just foresaw where churins desired would lead him — that of being a stoneheart. lmfao

god diamond WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN. there's so much that hoyo hasnt shown us but he's definitely reverent even when he smashed the cornerstone. he knows diamond will cover for his ass. i wanna know if he also believes in diamonds cause. ive also talked abt this before but the contrast between churin "blessed" by gaiathra vs diamond "blessed" by qlipoth. same blessings. wildly different outcome. wanna know what churin thinks of that difference. the way churin received a fraction of qlipoths power through diamond was described as very drab and without fanfare. he got it. he felt nothing. but this stone was evidently powerful that it can withstand emanator attack AND protects him from the worst of nihilitys effects. churin regularly makes bet with his own life to escape death but i wonder if having a portion of qlipoth/diamonds power makes it easier/make him more confident with going through his plans. these are just my yaoi delusions with diachurin tho. i think there's something juicy there. like to think churin as diamonds loyal but loose canon but with the other stonehearts being Like That i think they're all loose canons 😭

idk abt other characters he would have nice dynamic with. im just invested in his dynamics with other stonehearts. seems like opal and sugilite has a pretty good read on churin (see opals like abt churin wanting his luck to fail and sugilite saying the death was just an unnecessary extravagance) and churin, who has to put on a show? a mask? being easily seen through like that esp by his most annoying coworkers... sending thots and prayers

as for others
TB: useful pawn. nice to them cuz he might need them again someday. maintains loose connection with them but splurges on them to feel Something. but its not because TB is special to him or anything.

topaz: looks out for her and wonders how tf she survives in a cutthroat environment. would love to study her under a microscope sometime but would rather scam her to keep her on her toes every now and then. he thinks hes doing her a favor like hey at least its churin doing the scamming so it's not someone who would go overboard.

ratman: he finds him haughty and immediately puts him in place in final victor cone i love it. i think context of that is that ratman doubted churin can pull of some high stakes mission. im just gonna repeat what one of jades message abt churin management style: 🗣️if director aventurine says something can be done it will be done 🗣️i think he's got a good read on ratman and knows which buttons to push to get the reaction that he wants. could be considered friends tbh. him casually throwing out a line abt how ratman gave up on getting into genius society. thats pretty personal to know what kind of future plans someone has in store. churins not as impressed with ratmans antics as his adoring fans are.

ratman entered peniscony to be churins handler and i guess he did a great job in assisting churin and making sure he stays alive.