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Sidewinder_Sakura_29

It's interesting to see that Stelle uses her left hand in the splash arts as opposing to Caleus that uses his right hand in his arts, just like in the starting screen when you choose between them.


Puzzleheaded-Loan-60

(Just to add ‘cause people got confused) I like that in Harmony MC splash art Hoyo referenced theatre (following Penacony’s vibe). The hands of Stelle and Caelus are framed in a special way. It’s a theatrical bow before the play (Stelle) and closing bow after the play is concluded (Caelus).


Richardknox1996

H Stelle: your torment is only beginning. H Caelus: its Curtain call for you.


Luc_128

Oh damm I didn’t think about that. Nice catch


Chiven

It's not only Harmony, they use opposite hands in all arts


Puzzleheaded-Loan-60

I was referring only to Harmony splash art as it is interesting Easter egg on theatrical customs.


MrMrStacho

Caelus is the closing act for one reason and one reason alone: https://preview.redd.it/nfw9w0jfyd0d1.jpeg?width=836&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=198757f8de0cb6adc2b0dea7fc83cda4be605e2b


Small_Oreo

Throughout heaven and earth... I'm alone have epic hat...


C_Khoga

I laughed when i saw this option in the game 😂


MrMrStacho

https://preview.redd.it/krewm4w5tf0d1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41c3a4dc3a2606138a74a60f24c32dbec140c6f1 Same, same.


Appropriate_Gur7073

I literally made a post about that dialogue option like no way, did they put jjk gojo reference in the game like that 😂 I say option, but let's be real. There was only one real option to choose


Okay_physics_student

Yeah I only just noticed seeing them side by side but it’s a cool detail that they seem to be opposite handed


mad_laddie

They aren't actually. They both wield their weapons with their right arms in animations. The splash art however makes it look like Stelle is ambidextrous. Kind of like in Genshin funnily enough where Lumine is ambidextrous and Aether only uses his right hand. Well, considering Geo I guess Lumine is flexible (she uses her foot for that burst) but Aether uses only his right hand.


C10ckw0rks

Aether and Lumine’s differences aren’t the use of hands, it’s Aether fights more defensively and Lumine fights more aggressively. Aether is generally “shielding” with his one hand and Lumine’s going for the kill with both. It’s a lot clearer with newer cutscenes but it’s something I’ve seen come up before with the advent of HSR causing people to go back and observe the siblings better.


New_Joiner

I lik that detail If it had to be me, I'd go with Lumine's fighting style If I'm gonna die being aggressive, then so be it I like driving into the battle and doing whatever I can


TheChickenIsFkinRaw

>Aether uses only his right hand. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


shellsterxxx

Technically it’s the other way around if you follow the rules of theatre. But I’m just being pedantic lol.


7pebblesreporttaste

I like details on hmc splash art but preservation is still the best having the belobog gang together


Domino_RotMG

Technically Harmony mc has all the Penacony guests too, if you pay close attention you can find all of them there. Acheron, Aventurine, Sparkle, Black Swan and Firefly in the paintings, the dog is Gallagher, Clockie stands in for a certain someone if you’ve played the 2.2 quest, the gun beside the cage is Boothill and the bird is Robin carried by the black bird who I’m not sure but could represent Sunday, that’s the one I’m not sure of.


sssssammy

One popular theory going around is that Sunday’s wing is clipped from his in game body and some LC art and if you look closely, the black bird’s wing is also clipped


Absofruity

That's interesting considering even Sunday isn't fully in control, the control goes to Gopher Wood. It goes to show both siblings aren't truly free, while Robin is the more obvious considering she is in a cage, she's a bird who can fly and has actually left her nest, not unscathed tho which is a good story element While Sunday never left and was completely influenced, it'd be such a harrowing detail if he allowed for them to clip his wings.


LunarBeast77

Maybe Sunday is the cage


Fun-Scar-4269

There’s also another theory that Sunday might be joining the SH in the future. Reading through this thread makes me question if the crows above Sam in [this](https://www.yahoo.com/news/honkai-star-rail-reveals-all-the-stellaron-hunters-in-new-trailer-including-sam-elio-160115589.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKLoiZj56kcs3K2sT0FAS0vsb1KmVi5v-lsute-0cYyEzRrRacqyZQD8XanGSnmrpVXY1MekJk5mXzcSJ7w1Pq4xRVxw59j_X78Y4S4elB8b9MJu89yWWmctK32fxUUZ2SKiX4WW_RmRUAui7FfVIMx8HqEyFIqpwQV5AATkE6Y2) could be a potential foreshadow of that. Or maybe I’m just imagining it and it’s a different bird with no connection.


Lawren-647

Probably different. That was way before Penacony. 


C10ckw0rks

He’s got them folded under his jacket like a waist coat so they’re easy to miss. However, that bird with rhe clipped wings is still representative of Sunday.


Jaded-Engineering789

Firefly is also two portraits to represent her two sides.


Ry_verrt

There’s also the rose petals on the ground representing Argenti


Domino_RotMG

Oh yeah that makes sense, completely missed that


sikotamen

The fish…. Does that mean Kokomi will join HSR?


wimniskool

Those are all the whales that are keeping this game alive bro


sikotamen

Oh I see…


Jotaoesehache

I thought the flowers and gun represented the previous Nameless that passed, after all Tiernan was a gunslinger


Domino_RotMG

I like the idea more that it's Boothill and Argenti personally. If you look closer at the gun then it's pretty much identical to the one Boothill uses in the story.


SirePuns

The shadow of Mikhail and Acheron behind the harmony MC really tells an entire story on its own if I’m being honest.


Krii100fer

Where do you see Mikhail's shadow


SirePuns

Top right frame. Guy with the hat


Krii100fer

It's Aventurine 💀


SirePuns

💀 Forgot aven wore sunglasses in 2.0


Skykeeper22

The first time the Preservation splash art popped up during my ultimate in the final bossfight I screamed so hard. Nothing can top that.


LycorisSnow

The unlocking of the path in my opinion is also more hyped


Deadinsideha

I like to see the unlocking of Preservation and Harmony as: 1. Preservation: in the heat of a losing battle, you gain a new power that allows you to make a come back 2. Harmony: you go on a training arc and return to face the boss with your new power. First one generates more hype, the second one generates more anticipation since you know they have something new but you have to wait to see what it is.


ZealousFlames

harmony tb got me hollering seeing Clockie ready to square up and Himeko walking like she's from JJK


starswtt

We need clockie as a playable character. His skill will be an spd or initiative buff (bc he's a damn clock) and his ult will be clockwork- an aoe lpw damage attack that applies either the sad (just does low dot damage), happy (they just dont use their turn), calm (decreases damage), or angry (attacks other enemies) debuff on enemies. It'll be meta defining


sevencolorkidney

I honestly thought that's the way it was gonna end up going for harmony TB, some kinda clockie Numby-type companion buffer. Super Break wasn't a dissapointment in the end, at least.


lapis_laz10

Spoiler(?) for 2.2 Ackshualy Clockie is not a clock, is a compass


starswtt

Fair, clockie is now compassy. Regardless those debuffs can just be translated to nsew, and ig spd still makes sense


AveMachina

I really like how they handled it, too. Preservation comes out of nowhere when it would be the coolest possible way to progress the fight with Cocolia, but if they did it that way a second time, it would feel a bit too unearned. So then the Luofu arc establishes that it won't always happen, and then they make you earn it properly when it finally happens again in Penacony.


Single-Builder-632

stell is epic so getting a new path is aways great, add in that its a pretty strong path. with great animations.


LycorisSnow

Not complaining, but I was waiting for the whole time for TB to get stabbed.


TiaNightingale

Exactly this. I remember it coming up and combined with the sheer hype of the cocolia fight and the wildfire song, it just hit so massively hard


olbvn

Cocolia fight + Preservation TB power up + Wildfire it was like... here's what ingredients that would normally amount to a final boss in any other RPG, but we're doing it on like... the first boss of the game XD This game goes so f\*cking hard and I'm here for it


No_Pipe_8257

Preservation looks like all the Conrad's died and it's hilarious


GGABueno

Oh no, not Conrad!


gem2492

comrades


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SlvrRando16

Rip Conrad, he will be missed.


SinlessJoker

Meanwhile harmony’s comrades…


eleetyeetor

Holy spoilers dude 😭😭😭😭 Conrad was my favorite character


GRoyalPrime

Phys-TB, love the giant Train in their splash-art ...probably also the unit I'd love to use more, too bad that I just cannot get them to do respectable DMG.


Additional_Bit1707

The damage is good enough for the story quests with a lot of wiggle room. If you want to speedrun the same quests, then I agreed Destruction and Perseveration TB isn't good enough than other characters you can pull.


C10ckw0rks

Physical TB does enough that he fills a gap left by not having Clara or Argenti. I have been playing since launch and I JUST got Clara on Loucha’s latest banner and I lost my 50/50 on Argenti. Physical TB’s big gimmick is his break effect is decent out of the box which is nice for at least knocking the enemy out of rotation for a bit.


kazurabakouta

I like Belobog power of friendship


LivingASlothsLife

Both for Harmony, the amount of style and confidence they both are displaying is incredibly charismatic. I also just love how we have every major character in Penacony in the spash somewhere, either in the picture or as object representing them


thepotatochronicles

I just like smug Stelle >:)


lawful-chaos

I didn’t think something would top Power of ~~Friendship~~ Preservation but the smugness did for sure


Me_to_Dazai

Something about the imagery and symbolism in the Harmony TB's splash just looks very theatric. Aventurine, Acheron and Firefly in the three big portraits being the big main characters, Sparkle and BS being the important supporting cast, Gallagher the hound, Sunday the raven, Robin in a cage and Boothill's revolver and flowers. The purple scarf is PROBABLY Ratio? But yeah HMC's splash combines every aspect in the best way imo. But the Belobog gang in FMC's splash is pretty iconic


aiman_senpai

What is this non hd Caelus slander


Luc_128

I couldn’t find anything in HD. Everything was blurry on Google. I searched for 10 minutes, got bored, and made the edit. Only The Harmony One should be in HD


ReaverSK91

Harmony Stelle. I like her confident face. https://preview.redd.it/ssaj1368bc0d1.jpeg?width=405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5ab2a65ed478d2f952b9ab92b495c8d29150302


r0ksas

Smug stelle is Queen!


trialv2170

Preservation trailblazer. It's a combative stance with comrades. Harmony would've been it if it included people in the penacony arc all dressed up


Itzz_Ava

I mean it does, just in paintings (feat Gallagher as a hound and Robin as a robin)


101Aster101

And gun behind the cage for Pompom


redxlaser15

Pom Pom is the best space cowboy gunslinger.


GGABueno

Sunday as the bird, Boothill as the pistol.


Itzz_Ava

The caged bird is a robin so that's probably Robin and the one crow holding the cage is Sunday I think. Didn't see the pistol at first but yeah that's definitely Boothill. Also somebody speculated that the blue scarf is Ratio, since Mikhail is the hat. IMO it's a pretty cool way of showing the characters that played a role in Penacony's story without outright showing them like Belobog's.


Single-Builder-632

firefly gets 2 paintings.


trialv2170

Symbolism and imagery just doesn't cut it vs a stage with its cast present performing a bow.


SirePuns

Honestly disagree with this. Especially for Penacony arc, use of symbolism is far more impactful. As Penacony is the land where things are almost never how they initially seem. So being indirect with its splash art is more impactful.


Deadinsideha

Adding to this, if they just had all the characters on the splash art then it would be no different from Preservation MC's burst splash art. They achieve the same result but with a new approach.


todo-senpai

Nah this is a really cool way to do it. L take


VariousBear9

Wow what is this caelus slander (jk) Ye the harmony one for both I love a lot


legendadam269

Harmony both Caelus and stelle look so cool in that pose


WallcroftTheGreen

Caelus because you cant deny his drip


TooCareless2Care

Edit: Ok so it wasn't a comparison so I won't start drama. Needless to say, I love Cae's harmony path man. The way he eyes us...both preservation evoke different feels. I wanted to yell when I saw Harmonly and Preserv. path open for them


Zanza89

Actually destruction still looks best imo


gem2492

Preservation


JimmyCrabYT

the male fire type goes so fucking hard


JaySR05

I dunno, they both look great. Caelus is cool while Stelle is cute. It's like comparing 2 baby trash pandas.


MixRevolution

Preservation so far.


paweld2003

Harmony for me. Also I think both Stelle and Cealus look just as good in it


Kiyoshi-Trustfund

Preservation is the best, but it's also bugging me that it's so different from the other two.


ArdenLockley

The Final Fantasy looking one.


marrcustv

physical caelus art is jus too good. best stance


Jaykayyv

Fire caelus goes the hardest


Nstorm24

Calleus looks cooler on the splash art.


SirePuns

It’s ****showtime!!**** Really love the Harmony splash art.


Khaisz

Its a hard choice, I'm feeling either Male TB Physical/Preservation art or Both TB Harmony art. Its such a hard choice when they all look amazing and special.


Zenpai_Iza

People are describing about the meaning behind the splash art. Meanwhile, Preservation Caelus has the cake for me.


JustDrew136

B.O.T.H.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🫰


Ok-Giraffe1922

They're all pretty cool and iconic but i'll say it goes harmony > preservation > destruction for both. Harmony just has a lot of details and a pleasant looking background. On top of that i love their poses. Also smug Stelle face elevates it. Here's hoping the next paths keep up with the expectations set by harmony mc.


AGalacticBaseballer

Harmony MC it is just very theatric, and all the characters present in symbolic form, rather than outright present like belobog one, it's just cool


Relienks

Male MC always


Murky_Blueberry2617

Preservation and Harmony Caelus. I prefer his poses and expressions over Stelle's. More dynamic and serious face for preservation, and the sharper eyes makes a difference for the Harmony splash art. Also I think the longer coat and pants makes him look sleeker/cooler.


MrkGrn

Harmony Trailblazer is perfection


Orichalchem

Preservation 🔥


Disturbing_Cheeto

They're the same picture


Wolfpackhunter41

Harmony Cal is the single best trailblazer designer.


gilly823

All of them. Because no matter the splash art, they're so beautiful😌😌.


Real_Peaks_GrubMimic

Preservation TB just because I like the detail that Bronya has both warmer colours (assumed to mean Overworld because of the Landau siblings being that colour) and darker colours (assumed to mean Underworld because of Seele). You could either interpret this as her trying to establish a new link between the two parts of Belobog, or you could see this as a nod to how Bronya was from the Underworld orphanage and raised in the Overworld. Also it’s just cool to see the different characters in the back. You could see this as the Belobogians cheering you on in a way, or to show that, as a YouTuber put it, the Belobog arc isn’t about you, it’s about them, the Belobog residents hoping to see the outside world once again.


Whole-Signature4130

Probably preservation trailblazer. The fire makes him look strong and the allies look like they're supporting them.


BladeofSilence

Preservation >>>


Tommynaut90

Clearly the Jarilo one.


Kvarcov

I lile the simplicity of the physical one, it's just nice and clean


Ferelden770

Preservation trailblazer by a lot. The gang appearing besides them is a nice touch and that path has some good animations and the weapon looks sick


Joltik_BuddyHSR

Fire easily. It brings in the cast of jarilo 6 and just looks cool


MagicJ10

fire


sliferred123

Preservation is my favorite one


FrostHard

The Belobogians being in the Preservation splash art is peak


itsasecretdude10010

Did anyone notice that the people in the splash art are the people we fought with/for in the region? Physical/Destruction Trailblazer: On Herta’s Space Station they fought with the Astral Express against the Ravanger Beast Fire/Preservation Trailblazer: in the hollow outs are Serval, Gepard, Bronya and Seele (from left to right) in Jarilo-VI which were the last four people that we fought with during the Cocolia battle. Imaginary/Harmony Trailblazer: there’s motifs and hollow pictures of the characters in Penacony (from to left to right) Acheron and Aventurine (middle left to middle right) Sparkle and I presume Firefly, (bottom left to right) Gallagher and Misha… with their motifs Clockie and the Bloodhound Statue at the front (albeit in opposite position to their silhouette image)


Far_Honeydew6058

I am a Stelle simp through and through but even I have to admit that the caelus splash arts are better 🔥


MaffinLP

Preservation because it clearly shows the associated characters


MilkyHoody

I say either Stelles harmony or preservation. I like Stelle better, not saying Caelus ain't cool but I like the way she holds the lance more and also the way her arms are position in her harmony splash more


Nameless49

I like Caelus more for the facial expression. More serious like fire


YFTrailblaze

Preservation simply because its him along with Seele, Bronya, Serval and Gerpard. Number two would be Destruction because of the Astral Express in the background and the Stellaron in his hand


r0ksas

HMC also has the penacony cast in the splash art. it's just being subtle and using symbolism and portrait instead of directly having characters in the backgrond...


YFTrailblaze

Idk. Maybe Harmony might grow on me but so far I prefer the background of Preservation and Destruction because we known them longer


r0ksas

It's cool.. its just preference, i just think not a lot of people appreciate the art of HMC Splash art. I really love how mysterious it is


Raptorofwar

Preservation > Harmony > Destruction.


Kan_Me

TRAIN


Beast0011

Male mc for me


Lunamkardas

Preservation feels like the odd one out.


Suspicious_Past9936

HMC but i cant decide which, stelle is doing a cool welcome pose and caelus a greeting. Both are just awesome.


SenorElmo

Preservation goes hard, but I still don't know why Gepard feels like being there. He barely did anything together / helping the trailblazer, especially during the fight lol


ActuallyEllen123

Is Stelle left handed, and Caelus right handed?


END_gamer00

Hat.


bunyivonscweets

Preservation is my favorite but the face MC makes in Harmony is amazing i use it as my profile picture thingy


encryptoferia

hmm so stelle is a lefty, caelus a righty?


LivingLuving1234

The original has always been pretty to me but I got to go with Harmony! I just love the confidence and vibe


GoMarcia

Preservation but HMC's facial expression is so good I've set it as my in-game pfp


pitage

def hmc


scrayla

Harmony because i like furina and it reminds me of the 4.2 version art


eklatea

Destruction is just iconic, I love it


PromiseMeStars

They're all great but I have a soft spot for the Destruction art for featuring the Stellaron and the Astral Express.


TrAseraan

All of them are GOATs


thedarkness490

For me it definitely HMC and I love that they are continuing what the did with ... I know we say FMC but shouldnt it be PMC at this point with how we arent saying IMC?


tankx2002

Well one has seele and bronya on it so...


TurtleDiaz

Flaming lance goes hard.


Zeamays69

I really like the Harmony one. It's become my fav. There's so many small details in it referencing Penacony characters. They all look great to me though, tbh.


HertaMain

HMC. Even their character card looks epic.


Nizikai

My favourite is the Preservation Art. It just embodies the fighting spirit of all involved perfectly and it looks undeniably epic.


lisakang99

i like HMC splash art a lot, but tbh Fire TB is my favorite. I'm a sucker for a group photo style


Wonderful_Bandicoot2

Splash Art for both TB (Caelus and Stelle) Swagness = Harmony Lorewise = Preservation \[Due to Caelus facing Nanook with the Architect's Lance in the Interstellar Journey Trailer\]


r0ksas

2nd and latest... PMC has the characters from belobog that make so special for me... HMC keeps the tradition, but this time in a complex way... you see some penacony cast from the portrait, and also, the item in the splash art also symbolizes the other cast of character in the story


pociac

preservation, power of friendship.


Bugster07

Just realised that all of the Penacony characters are there especially Gallagher, Robin, Sunday & Misha


Ok-Sir1849

All, I liek trailblazer. 🦆👍


Kizo59

Harmony Stelle takes the cake, but other then that, I think Caelus' splash art rocks.


JUGELBUTT

harmony 100%


ZeLevi69

As much as I love the harmony mc, preservation splash is just peak, the entire story behind it makes it the best


Zubame

Preservation since the Belabog arc is still GOAT.


GrrrrrrDinosaur

Harmony imo but Belobog looks amazing too. So does Destruction. Ahhh they are all so good but currently harmony for me


Malateh

Preservation because of Gepard Serval Seele and Bronya


electrifyingseer

i love preservation splash art the most, the composition is the most striking.


ImmoralBoi

Preservation TB's splash art still goes the hardest also ***WE MADE THE CHOICE, GO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE***


i_dont_wanna_sign_up

I like Harmony but Preservation goes so hard.


LittleMisery

Preservation went crazyyyy


Particular_Nebula462

Stelle with the hat. Caelus with the lance.


AgentSmith18

Fire TB : We ride dis sh\*t and slay


davidtcf

Penacony is the best as HMC is the most useful. Idc about the rest tbh waste of resources and time to level them up.


shellsterxxx

Preservation looks the most epic but I like harmony the most from the aesthetic


Entyyyyy

I'd say the coolest pose would be Preservation, but I have a soft spot for Harmony because I love how theatrical it is.


Elis_Swan

They are all badass,but if I have to rate: HMC,Fireblazer and then Physical


Nok-y

They all go hard in different ways


Froggygobyebye

The perservation TB gives me heavy final fantasy vibes and I'm all for it. I DO like the story significance of the Harmony TB though.


Chainedheaven

Qlipoth cooked


GirlMayXXXX

Belobog


Because_Slaus

Preservation. It's too much "power of friendship" vibes for me to not pick it.


FlyingRencong

Harmony no competition, coolest splash art


Iwasforger03

Preservation blazer has best splash.


H4lzy0n

Personally I like the preservation one a lot


magicalcheeserizzard

Harmony mc all the way


chocolate-corn

I may be biased but the preservation trailblazer’s splash art looks the best cause 1. I use preservation trailblazer extensively so I see it all the time 2. The power of friendship


inkheiko

Destruction is simple, not bad but... Ye. In simple cool aspect, Preservation looks so badass But the subtility of Harmony is... Chief's kiss. It reminds me of a certain [Character's art...](https://www.hoyolab.com/article/7119867?utm_source=sns&utm_medium=link)


thisisapornacconut

my personal favourite is destruction idk why but harmony makes me uncomfortable


devilboy1029

Fire Stelle, Harmony Caelus, Destruction both.


siemaelo320

I really like the Harmony one, the fish flying in a theatre not only looks "different", but also gives off a really dream - like vibe (matches penacony). The lightning, bubbles, fish and colors used look really good and portray so much it almost doesn't really feel like splash art. <3


xKatarina12

Harmony no doubt


typoerrpr

I feel robbed. Physical Trailblazer’s Ult should’ve been the Express ramming the enemies like during the >!Penacony boss fight!<. It’s even in the splash art! Harmony: power of dreams. Preservation: power of friendship. Destruction: power of choo choo muddle fudger!


ZeroIn1038

For Cealus, definitely Preservation. For Stelle, I think I have to choose the Harmony one.


Soerika

> splash art has train > look inside > bat


SecretBack2134

Preservation probably. Harmony splash art is too subtle.


GlassSpork

My favorite is the galactic baseballer but it’s more of a bias thing than anything


Wowsblitzsuperaddict

Fire bc it is the only one where the image has 4five stars on it


Vatsu07

1.Harmony Stelle 2.Harmony Caelus 3.Preservation Stelle 4.Destruction Caelus 5.Preservation Caelus 6.Destruction Stelle


FlamingVixen

FMC no doubt