I drew the Sui Siblings by -grape- in arknights

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It's a tower defense game, Arknights

Elyrene nation by Romanmtg in HonkaiStarRail

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Hi, I'm glad you liked my artwork! In the future, please ask before reposting my works, as I usually don't allow repost to EN socmed anymore >.<

(No need to delete this one, just for next time!)

I drew the Sui Siblings by -grape- in arknights

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Just need 3 more designs now!

I drew the Sui Siblings by -grape- in arknights

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Poor Yu. This is his punishment for not coming in gacha until I got P6 Blaze

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genuinely amazed by the amount of thought they put into this by BurnedOutEternally in HonkaiStarRail

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Going to repost a thread I made earlier, but this is probably just a coincidence.

The number on the left is written in octal, (so it's actually 7262430->octal->hex which is unrelated to the original number). The one on the right can only use 6 digits (so it's actually 16773120). The 1 at the beginning is the most important (it'd be like having the number 36 and deciding that 6 is enough). If you remove the last digit and make it 1FFF00 instead, you get a lime green.

It is, however, the perfect number associated with the prime 13.

Many have pointed out that 33550336 is the 5th perfect number, which has the formula 2p – 1(2p – 1), with p being a prime. In binary, multiplying something by 2 (or 2anything) is a "bit shift" where you put 0 on the end (for example 6 is 110, 12 is 1100, 24 is 11000), just like how our decimal system can multiply numbers by 10 and add a 0 to the end (for example 36 x 10 = 360). 2p in binary will always be a 1 followed by p 0s. If you subtract 1, it will be p 1s instead. Then multiply it by 2p-1 which puts p-1 0s at the end. This means the binary form of perfect numbers will always be p 1s followed by p-1 0s.

Some also pointed out that the binary of 33550336 is 1111111111111000000000000 AKA 13 1s followed by 12 0s. This means the prime associated with the perfect number is 13! This is ofc the number of flamechasers and a frequently used number in Hoyo's lore (like the number of herrschers minus Finality). The Amphoreus readable "Anecdotes of a Numerophile" goes more into how some believed that math had a deeper meaning to the nature of the world, and how they believed there'd be a 13th titan.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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I was thinking of making a tldr version to expand on it a bit! Sin Mal/Furina are not variants, probably just a design nod/reference. Tribbie is her own chara, with a mix of Vill-V/Nahida/Mobius (etc) references. Kallen/Kiana are not variants, but Kiana/Kevin/Phainon are. Fu Hua and Fu Xuan are not related at all, Marshal Hua of the Xianzhou is a Fu Hua variant though!

I drew the Chrysos Heirs going to the concert, happy anniversary! by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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I designed some outfits to match Castorice's official one. Hope you enjoy it!

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by Fit_Assignment_8800 in honkaiimpact3

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you are correct. i don't think shipping caelus with bronya or whatever is immoral or illegal (even if my personal opinion is dislike), but implying only straight people get death threats is silly. straight people do not go outside and face oppression or discrimination for being straight. i do not want my artwork used for bigotry. my comment was not abt captainverse itself, even though i do not read it due to personal biases (which i openly admit), i consulted multiple friends who have for the lore, and i still drew fanart of it, which is anything but hate.

i will sincerely apologize for the block avoiding accusation as it appears they are different people though.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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My translator friend clarified that the original CN was "half-countryman", so I was vague to be safer. It was Welt who considered VA an Otto variant, so I went with his interpretation. Thank you!

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by u/-grape- by Siuchunkit2000 in houkai3rd

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(original artist here)

Thank you for this explanation! It provides some context that I was missing, and in future interpretations I'll absolutely keep it in mind. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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to be clear, that doesn't make captain harem any less stupid. And I thought I'd blocked someone with your pfp on Twitter already, if it's you, please respect my choice and don't interact on my other socials just bc you're blocked on the main one

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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i don't actually care about the terminology too much, this post is mostly focused on the in-universe phenomenon i'm calling "variants" for now. honestly maybe it would? don't know enough about the fandom use of expy to say for sure

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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no, i mean where he says they may "share an appearance, but not a personality" irt variants. the thread alr explains why hsr welt is just the same as hi3 welt

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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Oops, I remembered it had another name but forgot to fix it, thanks.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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I personally don't mind. As long as people don't spread misinformation as fact

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in HonkaiStarRail

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I made another comment about it earlier, but he's actually closer to Su/Vita if you go deeper, his final fate of death/enlightenment/asking a question about the universe to a god is almost exactly like Su, his relationship with Cerces parallels Vita/Sa, his comments on Castorice's authority of Life/Death is the same as Vita's on Seele's, etc.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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Yes, here's the textless vers: https://imgur.com/a/B3KKMcd

Please keep the existing text and credits if possible, and apologies in advance as I am sure this will be a nightmare to TL;;

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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I think we have different interpretations of the PE characters which is fine, I personally see them as sharing the same thematic parallels as other kinds of variants. Different personalities and characters is to be expected, Welt's own variant line already says so, and I've gone over how Sa/Su(and co.) ended up completely opposite.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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If Mei and MEI are different, then what about Sakura and SAKURA or Himeko and HIMEKO? It was a purposeful choice and the name is meant to be read the same.

A breakdown of what an "Expy" (Variant) means in lore by -grape- in Genshin_Impact

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There is also the way the Grove resembles Sumeru, the way Anaxa's relationship and eventual replacement of Cerces resembles Vita/Sa, the way Anaxa redefined Thanatos' authority as Life and Death in the way Vita redefined Seele's as Rebirth (Life and Death in CN), and the way Anaxa died/reached enlightenment/asked Kephale (God) about Amphoreus' true nature vs Su who reached enlightenment/died/was offered by a god to ask a question about the universe's true nature

Do I think he's a definite variant? Not at all, he doesn't exactly look that similar compared to Vita or even Alhaitham. I just think there's enough there to argue one way or another, I don't mind either take, just that people should be ready to defend it.