#we dont talk abt trey tho :/ (we will talk abt him later)

[jabberwockprince]

THIMKING about Jackie's dynamics with all heartslabyul for their sheet and its sending me into a spiral bc OOOO i love these themes parallels and details that are meant for me and me only

everyone agrees that ace and jackie are ppl who would absolutely clash with each other bc of their similarities, theyre both openly rude and ace is very insolent at times, which would absolutely set off jackie bc theyre So Easy To Get Angry. and theyre both fucking STUBBORN. but then??? theyre besties. they share the braincell, when they're not being a powerduo calling out everyone, theyre being awful enablers for each other. they argue with each other FOR FUN AS BUDDIES because they know better than to take their insults at heart or at face value.

jackie is ace's bisexual awakening and his weird puppy crush is the most casual thing, they dont take it seriously or allow it to fuck up their friendship, they both respect it and joke about it bc they know theyre too close as friends for anything serious. its still some weird gay thing they have going on. they would absolutely give each other open mouth kisses as a casual thing or as a bit, but ace still needs to get over himself and all the weird heteronormative shit in his brain. they also cant kiss bc it would change their friendship in a very subtle way, something super imperceptible that would make it a bit awkward. they call each other shithead on the daily and dont trust the other to be left unsupervised for 5 minutes, but theyre still one of the very few ppl they'd talk abt deep issues and philosophical shit with.

essentially, they see each other as a "better" version of themselves - jackie is what ace would like to be, minus the emotional baggage, someone who REALLY plays by their own rules. ace is what jackie would like to be, minus the hubris, someone who can actually stay cool when provoked. and they would never say any of this shit to each other's faces

and then there's deuce and jackie, who are supposed to be similar bc theyre both struggling students and former delinquents, but then theyre just opposites. and theyre both smart enough to recognize the hidden aspects of each other - deuce's strength of character and jackie's understanding nature - all covered with this weird role they force upon themselves due their situations.

but they're both also fucking dumb and believe theyre THE role model for the other. jackie is standing there like "i need to be a good enough influence on deuce's impressionable mind so he doesnt obsess over changing himself entirely just because he used to be a shitty guy or whatever", while deuce is over there like "i need to be a good enough influence on jackie's jaded mind so they realize that people are allowed to change and become better, even if theyre deadset on remaining the same".

[umedao]

Heartslabyul, but they're in teyvat

I've been having a lot of genshin x twst brainrot lately so here we go, I'll try to draw them later but rn I don't have my tablet with me so please bear with the messy text block

((note that if we're speaking twst lore then technically ALL of them would be catalyst user (save for rook, silver, sebek and maybe vil since he did fencing but we're not gonna talk about them here) but we're going to ignore all of that and go with aesthetic/vibes))

starting from ace, I feel like he'd either use bow or polearm because as seen in the og alice in wonderland movie, all of the trump soldiers use some sort of lance(?), but I'm going with bow because I feel like it matches his vibes the most. rust would fit his overall visual especially with his dorm uniform (bc I am not about to teyvat-ivy their outfits I Am Not The Art Archon).

if we’re talking about kits/skill set, I picture him having an anemo vision (dead friend aside and purely by aesthetic bc we dont know much abt his past/um/I will not kill deuce) and being an off-field dmg dealer sort of like yelan and his skill being an enemy aggro that also do a mini swirl like mona’s/faruzan’s. so a sub dps maybe.

then we go to deuce, I want to say he’s a catalyst like heizou that punches his enemies like he got a personal grudge but listen to me : deuce with a claymore. deuce just. swinging that shit around and beating the mobs to death. I mean I can picture him being a catalyst that do normal, sort of calm attack until you make him do his charged attack and it’s a rage-filled uppercut sort of but. claymore deuce. deuce wielding song of broken pines.

now about the kit, I can’t see him with any other vision than hydro and I’m torn between him being an elemental dmg dealer with parry gimmick like beidou or just a full blown physical dps. while hydro isn’t a good element to do physical reaction, at the same time I also see him being able to deal some sort of decent physical dmg so I’m really conflicted about what his kit is going to be like. but I DO see that he’s going to be the type thats going to scale off of hp like zhongli or nilou.

next is trey, I see him as somewhere between sword or polearm, but then I decided on polearm because imagine trey with those baker hand swinging a polearm around. also he reminds me of thoma for some reason (househusband material, serving powerful/important figure??). Also he’d look good wielding skyward spine, no?

I cant decide on his vision but I can see him being dendro, mainly bc he’s green and also that the whole reaction with dendro kinda(?) fits his unique magic ig. Which means he’d probably be both a healer and em support/buffer. I think he’d have kits similar to shenhe and bennett where he increases dmg with his skill while he heals and buffs em/atk with his burst and doing small continuous dmg.

cater is kind of hard for me to picture in this setting. like ace I do think that bow fits his vibe, but so does polearm and sword. I literally cannot decide. I wanted him to be like childe where he wields one weapon and change stance during skill, but I already have different idea for his skill that would match his um better so. I ended up going with polearm after seeing mika with that crossbow

just like his weapon, I cannot decide on a vision for him. it’s either cryo or electro, based on his personality alone. he reminds me of fischl in a weird way. kit wise I think he’s going to summon his clone for his skill that function more as totems like yae’s that also do aggro (it is a bit funny imagining like 3 caters ganging up on a mob in game tho lmao). I think it wont do that much damage but it’ll be a consistent element applicator. as for his burst I really have no idea except maybe it’ll be like gorou where he’ll summon just 1 copy/totem that follows the character and also buffing/dealing damage alongside them(?)

now riddle, we can already tell that this boy is a full blown catalyst dps. I’m sure he can wield a sword/polearm just fine but catalyst just seems to fit his vibe the most. blackliff agate would look sick on him even if it’s not a 5 star weapon.

and yeah he’s definitely pyro. his kit would also be like yanfei and klee mainly bc I cannot think of a way to integrate his unique magic completely (zhongli’s burst is literally stunning the mob and his um is more close to taking the vision away from his enemy teyvat-wise). so he’d be a normal+charged atk focused dps. like yanfei he’d have this point(?) thingy(???) on his back everytime he do normal attack and if he do charge attack with them (max 4) he’d do big damage. I think his skill would have that pyro/elemental res effect while dealing damage and I think it would be cool if his burst is a one-shot pyro hit that deals lots of dmg like hu-tao’s while also giving him the maximum amount of point for charge attack. 

That is all for now, I think. might also do a hsr au with heartslabyul (please don't ask me why I keep throwing them into aus. I. Am not. A Heartslabyul fan I swear ((that's a lie)))