WOW! *• LESBIAN REACTS - "RONDO ACROSS COUNTLESS KALPAS" - HONKAI: STAR RAIL (ANIMATED SHORT) •*
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2024
- I... still can't process this. That was amazing!
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I was not expecting her to ever check out Hoyoverse content. Then again, "lesbian murder tango" wasn't on my bingo card either. The dancing and backgrounds were gorgeous. Poor Black Swan, she really said "I can fix her." and then went "nevermind."😅
And later she was "well, maaaaaaaaaybe... " and they danced again, lmao-
You should react to Raiden Shogun’s character demo. I think you’d really like it, hehe. ❤
I doubt Black Swan ever had any interest in fixing her. I also doubt she was much more than startled - she plays this game a lot, after all, and the ethically allowable scope of self-defense is greatly reduced once you're already in somebody else's mind. (Am curious how it would have gone had she taken Sparkle up on her dance invitation back at the start.)
Well I never expected to see you here…
Dan
She fucked around and fucking found out
Btw you do NOT need to worry about copyright, Hoyoverse is completely fine with basically everything, anime, their music, game scenes, it doesn't matter, they take it as free advertisement, so again no need to worry about cutting anything out
THIS
As long as it isn't leaks, yep.
@@rickypedia999as they should. Story leaks svcks I'm so tired of people doing that.
Except bogus false claimers, which unfortunately is kind of common.
@@rickypedia999 yeah, obviously those are an exception haha
Elijah! They weren't actually fighting - Black Swan was reading Acheron's memories. Acheron didn't do anything to her, the memories traumatized her.
Yep! Which is why Black Swan was enchanted by her
Funnily enough since Black Swan is just memories she could have legit died in that moment lol
Seeing the name “Acheron” reminds me of one of my favorite book series and that characters’ memories would traumatize anyone.
Please tell me someone got that?
That other personality archeron was hot and scary at the same time dawg.
Um... No? She tried to read her memories and that's where she met her edgy persona, who stopped and warned her from delving deeper.
NO WAY YOURE REACTING TO HOYO CONTENT WITH MY HOMOSEXUAL QUEENS
I NEED HER TO REACT TO MORE, IM GONNA LOVE THIS ERA
@@sachiellovesyou I would DIIIIEEE if she reacted or played Hoyo stuff. Its my hyperfixation ahhhhh.
YESSSSSS
I'm actually crossing my fingers if she'll one day react to Honkai Impact 3rd's animated shorts. That would be amazing
The girl with the veil is named "Black Swan"! She's a Memokeeper meaning she collects memories from people. The person she's dancing with is named "Acheron" a Galaxy Ranger! They're very mysterious as they typically go adventuring alone hence why Black Swan is deeply interested in her.
Until...
she "claims" to be a galaxy ranger... how many red flag do you need to realise she isn't who she say she is... xD
Eminator of Finality acheron is death incarnet me thinks
Yeah, I know but I don't want to spoil it to Elijah if she ever wants to explore the lore as it's kinda a big deal of Acheron's character that she claims to be a Galaxy Ranger. @@lagrangewei
I see the name “Acheron” and I am immediately reminded of my favorite book series, that has a character named Acheron as well, and what they both share are highly traumatic pasts
Here starts Elijah's gacha arc
LMAOO💀💀💀
Someone get the board for explaining the pity system
AND THAT MAKES ME SO FREAKING HAPPY
No we need 3 boards@@jacelt7353
@@jacelt7353 how'd you make it fit all on one board?
Lore time 🎉🎉
Lady with a veil is called Black Swan, she is a Memokeeper from Garden of Recollection. They are tasked to observe, collect and preserve memories in the universe. The other lady is Acheron, she claims to be a Galaxy Ranger. A group of vigilantes who goes around and fights for justice throughout the universe. Acheron is literally the most mysterious character in the game, most of her mystery is revealed "today" actually with the release of latest story update. During the animation from Acheron's perspective this was actually a normal lovely dance with a beautiful lady but from Black Swan's perspective it was a nightmare. Like she said, she wanted know what Acheron is and looked into her memories during the dance and let's say saw things that she shouldn't have. Their story isn't over yet and as players we are excitedly waiting for the future updates
Just to add a bit about why she literally almost died, Black Swan, as a memokeeper, doesn't have a physical body, she's basically made of memories. That's why when she looked inside of someone who destroys her own memories because (not telling, spoiler), she was being anihilated while Acheron was just dancing with a beautiful lady-
Thank you!!
Peer into the abyss and the abyss stares back
BRO NO WAY I WAS LITERALLY THINKING ABOUT ELIJAH REACTING TO THIS IM GENUINELY SO HAPPY OMGGGGF
LITERALLY ME TOO?? WE’RE MIND READERSS
me too. It`s crazy!
SHE HAS TO NOW REACT TO GENSHIN!
@@jacelt7353 YESSS
She: "Im fine Im fine"
Us NSAF's: *She's definetly not fine* xD
Me: You won’t be in 2 minutes for about 45 seconds lol😂
the one with light purple hair is black swan and the other one is acheron! black swan likes to look at the memories of people and she was curious about acheron, so she went into her head and encountered the eldritch horrors in acherons head lol
I'm just going to explain the lore so in case you were wondering wtf happened in the video, you'll know.
Don't read it if you're not in penacony.
Black Swan is a memo keeper which means she collects people's memories.
And Acheron named herself a galaxy ranger, she has a really bad memory. Black swan's goal was to get Acheron to lower her guard so she can go in her memory. So when it happened (sort of) black swan was attacked by the thing inside of Acheron (another part of her since she's the emanator of Nihility -basically she brings death and it's because of this that her memory is bad-).
Acheron had no idea that black swan got traumatized because of her mind, that's why she looks so clueless at the end of the dance. And the whole prey and predator thing was how she killed the annihilation gang.
I swear Elijah, if you play Honkai Star Rail then I have a few words to say……Welcome to the Gacha Madness My Girl!
"Our paths cross once more, ready for another dance, memokeeper."
"Its your call, what kind of dance do YOU want this time?"
(their voice lines when added together)
GUYS SHE HAS TO REACT TO ALL CHARACTERS TRAILER THAT WOULD BE SO SICK 😭😭😭😭😭
Starting with Kafka.
THIS
YESS
FOR REAL YES SPARKLE TRAILER NEXT.
Okay I feel qualified enough to explain what was going on.
The character with the heart on her outfit is named Black Swan, which explains the swan motif. Black Swan works for an organization called the Garden of Recollection, which is like a bunch of people dedicated to collecting memories. She was curious about Acheron (the other character) because Acheron seems to have done a bunch of heinous stuff, but behaves like she has no memory of those things. When Black swan does the thing where she leans in to almost kiss her hand, Acheron yanks away almost as if to say "Don't go there" as in "don't look into who I am", she's warning her like a snake would which is then expressed through the predator/prey imagery. Black swan persists and proceeds to get lost in the horrors of Acheron's past. We still don't know a lot about Acheron. She seems very friendly toward us while simultaneously is very suspicious. Other characters including Black Swan has warned us about her and this dance was referenced in the game, so it was super cool that we got to see it PLUS it was very very very gay.
Elijah was literally BLUSHING the entire time lmao.
So was I tbh
Spoilers ahead
Basically the ranger is Acheron, an emanator of "IX", a god that represents the Nihility
And the veil one is a Memokeeper named "Black Swan", she servers "Fuli" the god of Remembrance, her work is basically preserve the memories from different planets and people so the culture and everything else don't get lost (I guess she's an emanator too)
When the background turns black and some stained glass windows appear with a purple light, that's Black Swan using her powers from the Remembrance trying to access Acheron's memories (cause she was interested on her mysterious way), but when she gets in and the scene gets red and black, that's Acheron's messy memories, Nihility messed with her memories because she is an emanator, which means she is a representative of the path (Nihility) and receives a large amount of power, but ended up having her memories and mind changed, to a point that Black Swan can't get to her head, and gets completely lost in the Inexistence of Acheron's mind and memories
That's why when the scene comes back to the golden room, Swan is completely horrified and Acheron have no reaction, cause all of that happened for Black Swan only
she needs to read this!!! 🆙🆙
@@mekimleoo it would explain a lot for her 😭
“She’s been spewing magical GAY sparkles everywhere”
😂😂😂
i was genuinely so shocked with how queer this animation was the first time i watched it (especially with how weird china is with the lgbt+) i love it so much ☺️
they arent lesbians though lol its simply black swan flirts with pretty much everyone otherwise they are merely dancing the tango. hoyo isnt even allowed to make lesbian or gay characters ever since they got put in the spotlight due to genshins success
@@MrBentalton777
acheron is quite literally a raided mei expy. who believe it or not, is a lesbian.
@@hearts4b1llzo lol except she is not a lesbian as in acheron is not a lesbian. she was not even ever mentioned as ever having a partner in fact the only person mentioned in her past was killing a "man" alone which is obviously insinuated to be kevin the only other person from her past mentioned was someone talking with ??? which was also a guy so yeah. people can have their headcanon but to try to act as though its reality is amusing. thats like trying to say selee and bronya are lesbian simply because they are also expys even though they are clearly close friends in star rail
@MrBentalton777 Why do you think they're only close friends genius? Do you not know what queer coding is? Bronseele was canon in ggz and hi3rd, considering how close they are in hsr and seele literally blushing at bronya, saying they're "just friends" is honestly ignorant, hoyoverse always puts queer characters, i could name several lesbian, bi, trans or gay characters that are either completely canon or heavily implied
@@pingu_diabo you are the one who is ignorant as you dont seem to know what a friend even is and bronya and seelle in star rail have not once hinted at anything more than being good friends. also embarrassed/shy people also blush just fyi. as for why they are more or less the same in ggz and honkai impact is well honkai impact was a remake of ggz while star rail is just a different universe entirely with welt getting stuck in its universe. also you cannot name a single one outside of ggz and honkai impact as they DO NOT EXIST also trans characters definitely do not exist as that is a big no no for ccp which is probably the only thing ill ever agree with the ccp on.
The tension is unreal, she thought she can get tamed 😍 AH I can’t
I KID YOU NOT I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH UA-cam AND THE SECOND I SAW THIS I STARTED DANCING LIKE THOSE HOMOSEXUAL WOMEN DID IM SO EXCITED!!!
Edit: Literally spent the entire live kicking my feet and PANICKING. Thank you for reacting to it Elijah!
Damn let me join 😂😂
Elijah, I know you most likely will not see this, my name is Lucas, I recently got into a car crash/spinout, and I attempted to block the airbag via my arm, and recently you and tomota have been helping me laugh, and smile when I needed it, and especially during this time of need, you and tomota has helped me throughout the pain, I am writing this to say thank you Elijah, thank you so much for helping me through this time I’m currently experiencing. - Lucas ❤❤
I'm so sorry to hear that Lucas. I hope you are doing better now, even if its just a bit. Don't worry, things eventually will get better, I know it😊😊. If you ever feel sad remember that you have a friend here in the NSAF community 😄
@@ClaudioBuenestadoCanothanks!
WAIT WHAT!?! EXCUSE ME THAT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD WHAT??? I'M HERE FOR IT WHAT!??
As a veteran honkai player and hoyoverse game enthusiast i'll provide some clarifications, specifically on certain things.
1. Hoyoverse is a chinese game company, so because of censorship they can't be outright with their queer couples. But they have plenty of sapphic relationships in their games, even if they don't kiss in the games themselves or say 'i love you' the relationships are implied enough to where its quite obvious they love each other. And they have even canonized certain relationships (Kiamei, Bronseele, and Yaekallen to name some big ones of their ships. All lesbian couples as well!). The closest thing to outright we've gotten is the kiss between Bronya and Seele in one of their offical manga's that they post online. Its actually quite the tale, its called 'Azure waters' so give it a read if your interested.
2. Hoyoverse is very lenient with use of their content. Their music is all copyright free, you can post entire footage of their games stories uncut and its fine, along with their animations and such. They basically take it as free advertising so if you ever react to any of their other shorts you can keep that in mind.
Speaking of, a thing from them i highly recommend you check out is their animated cutscene 'lament of the fallen' from honkai impact 3rd if you want to see more of their lesbians in action. Although its pretty sad and angsty i think you'll enjoy it! Although you might need brief story context to understand whats happening and why you can get a gist for the characters and their relationship and the story pretty well within the cutscene. And the music in it is great! (Hoyoverse songs always slap, i have a whole list of recommendations to check out even if you don't play any of their games)
But i'd say thats about all! Its quite the treat to see one of my favorite content creators react to something from a game series that means so much to me
neither genshin nor star rail have any even remotetly hinted lesbian/gay couples lol. its a sad day when people think just because a character is flirty or just because 2 people of the same gender are close somehow makes them gay/lesbian its like there isnt such thing as close friends anymore lol. also hoyo isnt allowed to have any gay/lesbian characters since genshins success which put them on the ccps radar. not to mention in this animation in particular acheron pulls away from black swan as soon as she kissed her hand saying she does not mind a dance but has no interest in being kissed
@@MrBentalton777 i don't have the energy to give a proper response. You don't really deserve one anyways, this entire animated short was very romantic and if this dance was between a man and a woman you'd say their in love. Hoyos games have always been very queer coded your just blind to it. You can find videos on it quite easily, i'm not one for arguments in comment sections of all places, do a little research and you'll find your very wrong
@@lionwarriors9220EXACTLY!! The closet is made out of glass
@@lionwarriors9220lol first off i would not say they were in love as tango is a well known and popular dance which is often performed by people who are not romantically involved in any capacity..... and no they have not been queer coded the only one with any queer relationships is honkai impact there is literally 0 valid argument for genshin or star rail as some people clearly know nothing about friends or even simply being flirty. as guess what many people are flirty without ever being romantically involved with who they are flirting with. some people like to hunt for things that are not there or read into things that dont exist just to fit their narrative. also fyi hoyo is legally NOT ALLOWED for any queer relationships anymore. in fact the only time relationships have even been hinted at was in genshin with ayaka toward the mc which canonically is a male while star rail has had 0 relationships of any kind hinted at. probably the closest thing to a relationship would be with firefly which since both male and female mc are considered as being canon by the devs then i suppose if you want to go the route of thinking firefly and mc are a thing then thats the only potential relationship in star rail as of now. see unlike some people online i can actually do research instead of thinking anyone who performs tango is romantically involved lol when most of the time thats not the case.
@@MrBentalton777 Tell me you know nothing about queer coding, without telling me you know nothing about queer codinh
In simple summary (without too much spoiling and complicated stuff) Black Swan has the ability to see the memories of anyone. She was investigating the reason behind the sudden death of the leader of the Annihilation Gang who was supposed to join this feast.
The assailant behind this is Acheron. Black Swan invited her to a dance to see her memories but in doing so she got hunted down in her mind.
Black Swan was petrified and almost got killed doing this... But Acheron doesn't even know she tried to peek in her memories. To her, it was all just a lovely dance 💃💃
Acheron had such a good time with the pretty lady 😂😂
Alegra's tweet "I had fun UwU" was so funny
Hoyoverse love free advertisement so no worries about copyright.
Also, you should reach out to all trailers. We have a lot of gorgeous ladies 😉
Not to mention the amount of get vibes it gives (bronseele, kafhime, acheswan, and more)
Also she should react to the genshin trailer if they have one
Hoyo’s favorite child! I genuinely hope the genshin anime reaches similar levels of gay
That's honkai impact bestie, hsr its either their second or third favourite
I don't play Star Rail either but from what I've seen so far from what players are saying, turns out that these two characters are chill with each other afterwards (apparently the events in this video was supposed to happen before they meet again in game)
Black Swan who initiated the dance kinda just warns us not to look into Acheron's memories but doesn't seem afraid of her.
And Acheron actually liked dancing with Black Swan and wishes to do so again (she didn't know the stuff that was happening when BS peeped into her mind)
Said it was warm and nostalgic or something.
There's also this light cone thingy that shows them dancing in different outfits so at this point Hoyo can't seem to get over the dance as much as we can't hahahahahaha
"they better kiss by the end of this"
Honestly if hoyo could, they would. They are already pushing the limits with this animation. Hoyoverse is a Chinese company which sadly means that they are limited by china censorship laws but you can tell that they want to include lgbt content in their games. They can't make it canon but they sure heavily hint on some of the relationships between characters such as these two.
I honestly NEVER expected you to react to anything hoyo related so this was a nice suprise 😅
in the cooking w the valks series they actually indirectly show sakura and kallen kissing
Elijah, you need to play Honkai Star Rail, this game is lesbian central
Well yes but actually... who am I kidding, just yes.
Especially GGZ with Seele and Bronya doing the boombayah
I feel like Hi3 is more lesbian central, but Hsr is amalgamation of goergous Yuri and striking Yaoi
fr though. Acheswan and Stellemarch are the sapphics ever.
@@ashleysilver1445 omg right?????
Black Swan's VA, Arryn Zech, did amazing in this and she voices a sapphic character in RWBY as well. She's just the nicest person too!
Always good to hear a positive RWBY mention.😎 Arryn I think also models occasionally with photography l.
so to put it simply: the one that has the heart on her outfit is Black Swan, she's a "memory keeper"
the other one is Acheron (spelled as Akeron) and she's a "galaxy ranger"!
so as a little spoiler for the twist: Acheron killed "Duke Inferno" which is the head of the gang mentioned, Black Swan as a "Memo keeper" decided to look into Acheron4's memories to see what happened but she basically saw a very very verryy dark history behind her and she basically saw herself being "the victim" (like how the bunny was the bear's victim if you noticed in the animation) in every way possible! Acheron didn't even know that Black Swan was looking into her memories so for her the whole dark dance of her basically torturing Black Swan never happened was just them dancing normally! the game's lore is so deep and so exiting even if it was only out for one year only!
BTW LOVE YOU SM AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU NOTICED THAT VIDEO!!!!!
Ok, backstory (very watered down to relevant stuff):
The hosts of the party decided to invite a bunch of leaders of various factions around the universe. One of those invites was sent to the Annihilation Gang, a group of super villains. Shortly before the party, their leader was found dead.
Acheron, the woman with black hair, showed up at the party with the invitation sent to the recently deceased villain. Naturally, everyone is asumming this means she killed them and stole the invite. Black Swan, the light-haired woman, has the power to enter people's memories and decided it would be a good idea to check if the theory is accurate... she deeply regrets going inside Acheron's memories.
10:50 not just a game, a MOBILE GAME! this shit is part of a lore of a fucking MOBILE GAME man! this is crazy
actually its on pc too lmao
@@vinaamii3915 oh really? incredible
The first time I had heard of this and Black Swan is honestly through the people I was following on Twitter when I heard she was voiced by Arryn Zech, who also voices Blake Belladonna from RWBY (because yes, I am a fan and yes, it has rotted my brain.😅).
I am so glad you reacted to this!!
A brief explanation of what's happening: In this universe, there are beings known as Aeons (who are kind of like gods) that rule over concepts (paths).
The one with the veil, the heart, one who kissed the hand is Black Swan (thus the swan imagery), she follows the Aeon of Remembrance and is a memokeeper. Her job is to travel the universe and collect and preserve memories, preparing for the death and the rebirth of the universe.
The other one is Acheron, a mysterious figure, responsible for the death of a powerful character. Black Swan is interested in Acheron's memories and identity and this entire dance was her "hunting", she was getting into Acheron's mind and memories, but there, she was met with violence (Acheron's past / memories are full of it) - The hunter becomes the hunted.
Basically black swan (girl with the veil) asked Acheron the other girl to dance so she can look inside here memories to find out who is real is and how she killed duke inferno... But when she got inside that memories another "persona" of Acheron attacked Black swan and she kills her repeatably in the "memory world" Acheron not knowing who the Anihilation gang mostly because she killed so many people she doesn't recall their names... basically for Acheron it was only a tuesday!
Okay! So! I think u would enjoy the game but if u want complete spoilers for these two characters-
The girl with the veil is called Black Swan, shes a keeper of memorys from "The Garden of Recollection" who travel the world as entities with nk physical body to collect the memories of the world. They value those memories more than anything else. The ranger, Acheron, is someone she's had her eyes on for quite a while and this dance is a way for her to infiltrate her mind and collect/soothe her memories.
However Acheron isn't a normal human, shes an emanator of what is essentially a god. She enforces its will/it enforces its will through her. Its very very vague but the god she serves is the Nihility, who as the name implies believes theres no purpose in the world. The servants of it are called Self Anhilliators because they lose parts of themselves while enforcing the aeons will. She isn't necessarily a bad guy, she's more a force of nature. And she has trouble recollecting what she has done because of that nature.
The horror sequence at the end has two interpretations- one, the power inside Acheron is not taking kindly to Black Swan entering their memories and is forcefully trying to throw her out by destroying her. As a metaphorical entity, its possible to actually harm her this way.
The second is that it's all a metaphorical way of showing that Black Swan wasn't prepared for the wasteland of memories thats inside Acheron, and the series of hunts and images shown in black and white are simply Black Swan glancing at the Nihilitys void and it glancing back. She sees its philosophy on lifes constant destruction and it nearly kills her. So ye! Fun
Poor Elijah,
Having a gay meltdown mixed with artistic overload.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO DISCOVER THE WORLD OF THESE GAMES, so what you reacted to rn was from star rail, but there is also another way more popular game that was developed from the same company named genshin impact and I'm sure you'll love both of them
Hoyoverse (Mihoyo) which is the company behind Honkai Star Rail doesn't copyright strike anything you as a content creator post/react to, of what they do, unless it is something that they have to take down because of Chinese laws, if you do get a copyright strike for something it a troll or a hater
Hey Elijah! The lady with the veil is Black Swan and she is a memo keeper who can see into memories and the other lady is Acheron the “Galaxy Ranger” I’m pretty sure that their outfits have nothing to do with their powers but Black Swans main theme is basically stained glass and Acheron is a Raiden Mei varient (Raiden Mei is from Honkai Impact 3rd) Acheron also has this other outfit that is black white and red and it is so sick! Acheron isnt evil she is more of a shade of gray and so is Black Swan (If you do ever play this game be careful with your wallet because there are A LOT of hot women)
fun fact, this duo appears in the third arc of the game. first arc is in an eternal snow land (there is also the game's budding lesbians in that arc in bronya and seele), second arc is in sci-fi fantasy china (this time there's toxic gays and stabbing! yay!!) and this one, featuring black swan (the one with the veil) and acheron (the galaxy ranger) takes place in what's basically the dream world. this short took everyone by surprise with the whole predator/prey dynamics and how gay it is and everything, pretty much everyone reacted the same way.
i'd like to suggest reacting to Alien Stage, a youtube animated musical series by Vivinos
Hoyoverse has an interesting way of showing lesbian and gay relationships, the company was mostly focused on its Chinese players, yet they done all but tell that they are gay, yet they make very clear, in one of their first games (Honkai impact) the protagonist is in fact pretty clearly in love with another girl, honestly im not sure how they keep avoiding the Chinese censorship, also u should react to star rail character trailers, they have gone all out many times
its because china isnt anymore aggressive with “gay censorship” than western countries. they arent uniquely evil. that’s how
@@calypso7908 That is such bollocks and you're not helping gay people by pretending every country is as homophobic as China. Depicting gay relationships in media is illegal in China. MXTX was arrested for her danmei novels. Stop being ignorant.
@calypso7908 wdym.. they have been aggressive with it since 2021, back then kiana was straight up saying she's lesbian and now they have to describe kiamei and bronseele's relationships as "close best friends"
@@elyly okay, that sucks, but to automatically assign the blame to china and only china is erroneous and even might i say a bit racist. come on
@calypso7908 blaming the ccp isn't the same as blaming china and esp blaming chinese people, the government can be seperate from it's people
To give the lore explanation, these women are both on the planet Penacony in search of some mysterious treasure. Black Swan (the narrator lady) wanted to get close to Acheron (the “ranger”) in order to peek into her memory and discover her identity. Only, when Black Swan looks into Acheron’s memory, not only does she not discover Acheron’s true identity, but she is so traumatized by what she does see that she doesn’t want to interact with Acheron again. When Black Swan brings up the Duke Inferno, she is specifically calling out Acheron for having killed him and attacked his children, who make up the Annihilation Gang. Acheron basically killed Duke Inferno in order to steal his ticket to the planet, hence Black Swan finding her suspicious.
every time i hear arryn zech all i think about is blake belladonna
Admittedly me too.😅👍
This was fanfiction by Blake, a true connoisseur of _Ninjas of Love_ and actual life experience.
@@peritia5703 Oh my gods, that totally sounds like something Chibi Blake would do!😂
@@peritia5703yay new headcanon ☠️
HER GUSHING OVER ACHERON'S OFF THE SHOULDER SLEEVES AND THEN BLACK SWAN'S HEART CHARM IS SO REAL 💔💔 I did that too. Btw the heart charm doesn't have much to do with Black Swan's powers, but you should definitely react to her and Acheron's DEMO trailer cuz it honestly slaps
Omg you NEED to react all the character demos/trailers (The reveal for each playable character) they have a playlist for all of their trailers you'd LOVE it!
Ohh, im sure you'd love honkai impact (not necessarily starrail though)
One of the characters, i quote says "If loving you is a sin then i will gladly become a sinner" to her love interest, another women :33
Mihoyo is a very queer coded company actually
I've playing this game since DAY 1 and I can tell you they're not the only ones in this game
As someone who also knows very little of what actually goes on in Honkai…. Black Swan and Acheron have latched onto my brain.
The idea of someone who obsesses and collects memories and someone who can’t remember/easily forgets… that is a gold dynamic for me.
Also, Black Swan (the one who does the narrating) is voiced by Arryn Zech who voices one of the main girls in Rwby.
NGL Elijah gives me a lot of Acheron vibes and Mosco gives me Black Swan vibes lamo
If she watches Demon Slayer intro song then im in for it
1. Hoyoverde rarely copyright strikes anyone. The main danger is from false claims by suspicious third parties. If that happens, try contacting Hoyoverse support to get help with the false claim.
2. Acheron, the purple haired woman, has recent trailers that have been released that are really cool. Honkai Star Rail has a lot of other videos like character trailers (I would recommend watching Kafka's and Sparkle's)
3. While Hoyoverse has had canon sapphic couples in the past, nowadays it appears to be mainly strong sapphic subtext/undertones/vibes. Tjis is likely due fo Chinese censorship. One good Star Rail ship with strong support and subtext is Bronya x Seele.
Honkai star rail is a rpg turn based gacha , put simple the story is about a group of characters exploring the universe and planets and on the newest we visit named penacony is hosting an festival/event and has invited everyone in the galaxy. One of the invited people is the woman in the trailer with the white hair ,who talks throughout the trailer and her name is black swan. She is a memo keeper for the garden of recollection, to put it very simply her job is to collect memories. The other character with purple hair is acheron and she is said to be a galaxy ranger (they are kinda hard to describe but i think they are meant to be like bounty hunters). The reason why black swan came to acheron in this trailer cus she wanted to find out what has happened with an guest that was supposed to be on the festival but didn't show up. She knows that acheron had something to do with it so she tried to get close to her and see her memories, thats why she was so pushy and close. But black swan didnt know that acheron isnt really a ranger but an very powerful person that is able to directly borrow powers from one of the "gods" in the game. Draw back to this is that she is taking powers from the embodiment of nihility. To not go too much into detail cus of this she doesn't have any memories, its just a void. So when black swan tried to see her memories all she saw was the void and acherons "mind" i guess you could call her. Lets just say she wasn't happy with someone snooping in her mind. Btw the reason why black swan looked so terrified at the end is cus as a memo keeper she doesn't have a real physical body, she can just project herself in a way so other can see her and stuff, so this is why you could sometimes just see her flying somewhere cus she isnt bound by a body. Cus of this being attacked like that in a mind literally felt like death to her. Sorry this is soo long but i tried to explain the trailer to someone with no knowledge of the game 😅
When I first watched the short I could barely get through a couple of seconds at a time. I was so damn red in the face and felt like I was watching something very intimate. I absolutely love this short and it lives rent free in my head.
alright so to simple things up for you;
**ABOUT CHARACTERS**
The girl with the is named ''Black Swan'', she is a memokeeper where she gets into memories and erases them. To add something her design doesnt really have anything special.
Now for the Galaxy Ranger, Her name is ''Acheron'', We do not know much about her; but she apparently has a 2nd form which shows shes an emanator (a power close to a god). If i am correct she doesnt remember much from her 2nd form, she had killed a villain ''Duke Inferno'' a while ago.
**ABOUT THE ANIMATION**
Now in the tango Black Swan Magic was actually trying to get into Acherons Memories with those purple sparkles/magic. Once Black Swan got into her memories she felt how duke inferno died. in the end Acheron asks her ''who are the annihiliton gang?'' because Duke Inferno had a group/gang with ''children'' (their adults) who cause trouble.
YOU NEED TO REACT TO HONKAI IMPACT, THERE'S SO MUCH LESBIANS
AND GENSHIN
First of all, welcome to Honkai Star Rail lol.
So the woman with the veil, her name is Black Swan (hence the Swan imagery during the switchup). The other is named Acheron. Prior to this point in the story, there were a group of characters known as the Annihilation Gang. Their MO was destroy for destruction's sake. Duke Inferno, their leader, was invited to the planet that this is happening on, as a guest for a Festival. The Planet is known as the Planet of Festivities.
However, before he could arrive, Acheron, the ranger, intercepted him, and killed him. You saw a flashback of this when Black Swan asked what she had done and you see severed body parts falling. Actually, this all happened off screen. Like, the devs released stuff to hype these characters up, then off screen killed them before we ever actually met them ingame lol.
Anyway, so Black Swan was aware that this happened. And was curious about it. Black Swan is a Memokeeper, they collect memories from across the universe. And they have power to gaze upon people's memories. So this invite to a dance, was for her to look into Acheron's memories to find out what had happened. However... Acheron's memories are a dark abyss. She is an "Emanator". Without getting too much into the full lore of the game, basically she embodies the power of a cosmic scale divinity. Specifically... she is an Emanator of Nihility. The Black Hole that flashed during the predator / prey sequence? Nihility is basically a black hole. It swallows people, in some way or form, in Acheron's case, her memories. So basically Black Swan jumped into a Black Hole.
Acheron's memories then proceeded to rip her apart, much like a black hole would. Acheron isn't evil, she's actually so far on the side of the protagonists. She has a sense of honor that makes me think thats not just a farce either. But entering her mind was a TERRIBLE decision. Black Swan did not realize who she was, and fell into the abyss hence the line about "Ive made a GRAVE mistake". While she started off as the hunter, hunting memories from Acheron, in that world of Acheron's memories, she became the prey.
Acheron's bit about "who are the annihilation gang?" was literally... she couldnt remember them. She killed the leader of it like a couple days ago, but the memories aren't really there anymore. They've been swallowed by the Nihility.
Hopefully I managed to not be TOO terribly confusing with the explanation.
Some other fun facts though. This animation was done by this game developer's inhouse studio. They have their own anime studio basically for things like this. They also have some of the best music I've ever heard in video games in their titles, through their music studio. A common joke is that this developer is a music company that makes games. But their games are really good (though they are gacha so... keep the wallet far away when playing).
I don't know anything about the game but what i can tell you is the black swan character is voiced by Arryn Zech who is in fact bisexual and also voiced a bisexual character named Blake Belladonna from a show called Rwby
I was looking for any comment who mentioned Blake and RWBY!🤩👍😎👍
there's a Twitter thread about this short where acheron's va posted something along the lines of 'I wouldn't have minded if they just kept dancing like in the first half', someone asked 'why?", and her response was 'because I'm gay, andrew'
Also some info the character black Swan is deeply connected to memories so she tried to look into acherons(the galaxy ranger) memories but went too far and ended up seeing the incomprehensible horrors that is acherons memories who keep in mind is connected to an entity who resembles the concept of nihility (nothingness) and has a bit of memory issues so the part where black Swan was being ripped to shreds is a bit more symbolic
Fun fact: Honkai Star Rail is a game from a franchise called the Honkai Series. This includes GGZ, Honkai Impact 3rd and Genshin Impact. Honkai Impact has a manga where two female characters, Bronya and Seele, kiss. It got taken down because of China's laws but a video of the manga is still available on their official youtube channel. The name of the manga is "Azure Waters".
6:53 the heart thing is just apart of her outfit but it is very aesthetically pleasing
U should check out the character trailers for those two. Black swan and Acheron are the names for the characters. Very good watches
So Black swan is the one with the veil. And Acheron is the ranger. The ending scene with the cheetah chasing the gazelle is representing Black Swan trying to escape from Acheron. Who is a emanator of Nihility which is the opposite of Black Swan who is an Emanator of Remembrance. They are complete opposites. Acheron is known as a self annihilator. Basically she trades her memories for power.
The girl with the light purple hair is Black Swan, she's a memokeeper, she was just seeing the eldrich horrors in Acherons's (the one with the dark hair memories) memories.
About the copyright, from what I've seen Hoyo seems to be rather lenient with people reacting any of the already published content, so as long as it's not leaks I think you're in the clear.
Also I really think you should react "The song burning in embers" from genshin, it's a different game, but made by the same company and I think you'd like it.
"give me this as an anime" the entire Honkai fandom agree with you.
You could check out the Sparkle character trailer too, if you want a whole different type of creepy.
Wait until she learns Bronya ans Seelie exit.
HOLY SHIT HOYOVERSE
IKR
Black Swan (the fortune teller) has the ability to gaze upon people’s memories to learn about them. She’s been incredibly intrigued by Acheron (the Galaxy Ranger). She isn’t used to such a heavy and horrifying past, and didn’t realize what she was getting herself into until it was too late. She was just trying to see Acherons recent memories about dealing with the Annihilation Gang, but saw ALL her memories (which are, frankly violently horrific) and was subsequently completely and utterly devastated and traumatized by them. That’s why you see her being ripped to shreds and put back together by Acheron over and over again.
Lore dive time
Black Swan (hence the Swan during the murder section) (Purple hair with the heart orament you mentioned) is a Memokeeper for the Garden of Recollection. Her main job is to collect memories, especially fascinating ones, and "record" them for their purposes. She can actually enter and manipulate your memories, which is what she did here to Acheron (the other hot lady). Acheron, as far as we know, is a supposed Galaxy Ranger and an Emenator (basically chosen disciple) of a god in the game.
The one you called a Swan is literally called black swan and when it went to the creepy part black swan was looking in the ranger's memories.
Before this, there was the void Queen and the thunder Empress of Honkai impact 3rd if you liked this you’ll love what’s in store in the Hoyoverse.
I really liked that the purple-haired woman who was speaking at the beginning was dictating the dance steps, but after that the black-haired woman took control of the dance rhythm
Ooooh, trust me, there is so much story to Star Rail and other Hoyoverse games.
You will not regret playing it - the story, the characters, the music (huge music fan) are all AMAZING.
In Honkai Impact 3rd were canon saphic couples but the next games (Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail) came out when the chinese government updated censorship laws and nothing directly lgbt can be shown (especially mlm stuff) and neither can male characters with femenine appearance. But still in the games there are some hints that some characters are lgbt (some homophobes "fans" are in denial tho)
Wait til' she see's Kafka, Jing Liu, and the rest of the cast.
The lady in the veil is Black Swan, a Memokeeper of the Garden of Recollection(memory keepers), and her powers/abilities are loosely themed around Tarot cards. Her ability set revolves around DoT(damage over time) where she puts stacks of a condition on an opponent that will cause them additional damage(in her case Quantum damage, there's different types) on the start of the opponent's next turn(combat is turn based).
This is NOT where you start the game, this is part of their advertising for the latest world they've released(you become part of a group of space travelers visiting many worlds) called Penacony, the world of dreams. It's a world located in an area of space basically drenched in an excess of energy called Memoria. Those that live on the world have learned to manipulate that energy to a degree enough to create massive shared dreamscapes for people to indulge in(mostly rich elites). A lot of the puzzles in the gameplay pull some major Inception(2010) BS with trippy paradoxes, walking on walks and ceilings, and other trippy AF shit.
The story is interesting, and there's other earlier animated shorts. 1 focused on the characters Jing Yuan and Jingliu from near the start of the game. Another focused on one of the "starter" characters they give you for free, Dan Heng about some unresolved matters of his past life(his species don't reproduce they go through a rebirth/reincarnation process though his was...complicated).
They really should consider making an anime series out of it, and probably are as I've heard Hoyoverses other game Genshin Impact is getting one, but they probably need more time to build up content as a buffer so the series don't get ahead of the game content. Genshin's got plenty of content to work with for series already so it's safer to start with that one 1st.
It's likely only a matter of time before Star Rail gets an anime.
Some people have given you the download a little bit, but just to be clear, both characters are still very mysterious, and we don't know who is "good" and "bad", but we do know that Acheron (name of the River in Hades that leads the dead to the underworld) has a very dark past, and is very forgetful, she's the one with the purple hair and shorts. The other character is called Black Swan, and as others have said is a Memokeeper who doesn't have a physical body, but has ascended into being a purely memory based almost spiritual entity. They are both on a planet called Penacony, where another group has basically created a "Dream World" that people can dive into, thus allowing them to both interact in a physical form. Lots of different groups are on this planet, all vying for the "Watchkeepers Legacy" that was mentioned.
Black Swan's job as a Memokeeper is to basically try to know and store all memories in the universe, but is otherwise Neutral. In the course of that, she did this dance in the dream world with Acheron (yes they actually did have this dance in-lore, it's not just a metaphorical representation of their interactions), and every time you see her pink magic it's her trying to steathily read Acheron's memories in order to find out who or what she is, and what her purpose on this planet is. She says she's a Galactic Ranger (think space Texas Ranger, lone police agents that travel), but there is obviously more to her. Because of Black Swan being an entity of Memories, when she dove too deeply she basically saw something inside Acheron that was super scary and also almost obliterated her. Acheron isn't really doing anything violent on her end, it's just that her mere existence is a danger to Black Swan when she dives into her memories without her knowledge or consent. As far as she knows, they are just dancing the Tango together, and Black Swan is asking her questions about the Annihilation Gang.
The line Acheron delivers are the end in regards to "Who are the Annihilation Gang" and "Oh, those guys", are because we do know that she basically off-screened these powerful enemies prior to these events, and because she forgets things all the time, she didn't even remember who they were until she tried really hard at the end and kinda recalled them. So her offscreening these foes that were set up to be antagonists is kind of a way to set up how powerful she is.
When they meet again in game on the player's team (It's a team building game where you collect characters), Acheron says: "Our Paths cross once more... Ready for another dance, Memokeeper?" To which Black Swan responds "It's your call... What kind of dance do "you" want this time?"
Thank you for this fr
Elijah. I need need need you to have a gaming video/channel. i will watch it asap i’d love to see you play honkai or genshin, minecraft, etc
OMG I'M SO EXCITED, YOU SHOULD PLAY STAR RAIL. I THOIGHT OF YOU AT LEAST REACTING TO HOYO VIDEOS NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD 😭 (sorry for the caps I'm just so happy you're reacting to this 😭)
I’m so excited that you’re reacting to Honkai Star Rail content! It’s my favorite game right now and I highly recommend it. For anyone that’s curious, this was released to get ready for Acheron’s banner in the 2.1 update. Acheron, the dark purple haired woman, is a Galaxy ranger that has killed a gang leader called Duke Inferno, unknown to others besides the main cast. Black Swam, the light purple haired woman, is a memokeeper, who can look into the memories of others, which she does here with Acheron. I love the predator-prey elements of this animatic and how it reversed throughout the video. Black Swan looked too close at memories she shouldn’t have!
The premise of their dance is black swan (yes thats her name the one has the hood on her head.) she can see the memories by looking to ones eyes (correct me if im wrong tho) she looked at acheron (the ranger) and essentially black swan saw it. And the swan reprsents her and the snake as acheron. Simply Hunter gets Hunted kind of vibe
Edit: the part when it shows the cheetah and other animals eating their pray. The music or the sharp note on the music represents black swan crying as she is being hunted and eaten by acheron (represented by the deep note which goes up as black swan is overwhelmed)
NO WAY YOU'RE REACTING TO HOYOVERSE CONTENT ???
also from what ive gathered knowing nothing about star rail is that the girl ((who was getting bodied and was represented as the swan)) is named Black Swan and i think she can see people's thoughts? thats why she was talking about people drowning in their past possibly? i could DEFINITELY be wrong since i only play genshin and not star rail but its what ive gathered so far
I'm shocked 😩
BRO I WANT ELIJAH TO PLAY HONKAI STAR RAIL SO BAD...
Can we pls get hey to go for genshin next?
@@jacelt7353 Well, genshin is not THAT gay as hsr or hi3rd (imho)
"Do they kiss?". Knowing where this goes, this question floored me. 😅
Ever since the community post about this, ive been hoping it would be a gateway to watching the character trailers or version trailers... and then maybe a lets play
You know what I'm always mad about when it comes to romance?! It's the fact that I can't freaking experience it for myself, because I'm either aroace, or a late bloomer! (But knowing me, it wouldn't surprise me if it was the latter). But it sucks, because I haven't yet experienced the "butterflies" in my stomach!
fun fact! the voice actress talking in this is Arryn Zech who plays Blake Belladonna in RWBY (a show i know you were looking into) who’s bisexual and has a sapphic love story!
RWBY mentioned.😎👍
At the end there, Black Swan (the one who initiated, with the heart symbol under her neck that you pointed out) looked into the other person's memories. The funny thing is the other person has no idea she even did this and looks back at the dance fondly wondering when they'll get to dance again
OMGGG I NEVER EXPECTED YOU TO WATCH A HOYO ANIMATION I WAS SCREAMING WHEN I SAW THIS!!!
also hoyoverse (the company in charge of the game) actually has a few canon lesbian characters/couples!! there’s these two ships that people know the most from a game of theirs named honkai impact 3rd called kiamei (kiana x mei) and bronseele (bronya x seele, my personal favorite)! the purple haired one in the video is an expy of mei, and bronya and seele are actually in honkai star rail as well!
there’s actually a video on the honkai impact 3rd channel called “azure waters”, which is a backstory for bronya and seele! i think you might really like that video as well and i think it would be really cool to see you react to it, but that is fully up to you if you want to watch it or not, i just think you might like it!
4:20 Elijah, if I have learned one thing about you by following your channel over the years, it's that there is NOTHING on this planet that you're too gay for. 😂
I NEED YOU TO SEE AN ANIMATION AND MUSIC SERIES ON UA-cam, IT'S CALLED ALIEN STAGE! ROUND 1! PLSSSSSS
OMG YES SHE WOULD LOVE IT
I love the switch of power. Black Swan thinks she’s in control and acts very aggressive, but after being in Acheron’s mind, Acheron has all the control
MY TWO WORLDS COLLIDING INTO ONE VIDEO????
Hi Elijah, since it seems you are interested in the gay aspect of this games, i need to warn you about something.
Hoyoverse, the people responsible behind this animation, are a chinese company! And unfortunately, since some years now, China has a law that prohibits any type of LGBTQ+ content in any form of media. Because homophobia.
But, is Hoyoverse homophobic? Of course not, just look at that dance.
Hoyoverse is literally a sanctuary for queer chinese people, before that law was a thing, they were putting explicit gay couples in their games without any trouble! Honkai Impact, the predecessor of Honkai Starrail, was and it's still full of lesbians, I'm NOT joking.
But again, since the law is a thing, now they are being gun point by their own government (seriously, hoyoverse could get in SERIOUS trouble because of this mere animation, just search about chinese censorship law, is insane) since china KNOWS that hoyoverse is gay positive. I dare to say this animation is the first "explicit" gay content we honkai fans have received in years. And for me? Its a miracle it even got out.
Hoyoverse nowadays gets by using queer coding. So, keep that in mind.
If your interest is completely gone after knowing this, I completely understand. But if you want to give the Honkai series a chance, well, then prepare for a history and a lore full of excitement and of course, the gay.
Yea so what happened is she tried to look into her memories and got trauma 😂
6:11 as a honkai star rail enjoyer I'm very intrigued by Elijah's reaction to black swan reading the memories of acheron. This was their first and perhaps last dance
You might be interested to know the one with the veil, Black Swan, is voiced by Arryn Zech, who voices Blake Belladonna in RWBY
Which you should totally give a watch, as there is a slow burn sapphic romance in it that you will absolutely love :3
Blake and RWBY mentioned.😎👍
Я в шоке... Я не ожидала, что ты будешь реагировать на эту анимацию💔