i hate how they swept all his trauma and feelings under the rug and he was fine and happy and his cheery self at the end of the story , it felt like they just took all of what makes him himself and pretended it didnt happened , typical no bad consequences hoyo writing of u ask me
2026-07-03 22:44:08
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Thrain_smp :
why would he have memories from the past cycles? the phainon we meet was not the phainon who experienced the cycle, it was the flame reaver, he only inherit that memory after flame reaver gave it to him.
also phainon is not portrayed as smart or dumb, he is a silly character like shonen protagonist, his the same as trailblazer
2026-07-15 12:17:40
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Vincent :
I feel like the problems from phainons story isnt really the writers fault, its more so because hes in a gacha game, every patch is supposed to market the new characters to make you wanna pull and that makes it so most characters have 2ish patches to tell their whole story. I really like phainon and majority of the amphoreus cast compared to other hsr planets, but most hsr characters would be a lot better written if they weren’t just there to market themselves as a unit
2026-07-05 02:14:44
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Veveleon :
Clothes, sword, fighting style, backstory, aren't those enough hints? also why the fuck would he remember something that he didn't go through? You're talking about Phainon NOT Khaslana. Death and Birth has many forms in Hoyo games and memories are the most interesting one. If person loses their memories its a form of death, if person gains memories (depending of the situation) its a from of birth.
Cyrene and Demiurge, March 7th and Evernight, and of course Phainon and Khaslana.
These characters proves that the memories are in itself is a soul.
So most of your points are pointed towards literally different character than you think it is.
2026-07-04 15:32:19
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🍷𝕂𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤🌙 :
Hi I personally disagree with this take but I do agree with some of your points, mainly the fact that taking his place in the Flame Chase journey was kinda...eh. I hated that we had to become the Deliverer. Also when the Deja vu thing was mentioned I highkey had to pause for a second cus like why didn’t they do that😭😭 Fire take tho, keep yapping twin !!
2026-07-12 14:54:35
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An Artist In A Void :
So, what makes the cycles thing hard to understand? Because the first cycles thing is just the whole “the demigods of today are the titans of tomorrow” thing, and the Phainon loops are literally just a really elongated groundhog day. It’s that simple.
2026-07-04 05:48:11
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KarmaReality :
Honestly, hoyo is the best place to learn what to NOT to do for writing
2026-07-04 00:23:27
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` midnite , :
YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THIS! I hate how the community portrays him as some incompetent little puppy whos obsessed with trailblazer. The deja vu thing is so smart as well I wish they implemented that!
2026-07-03 22:57:54
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Shikano :
the deja vu remark is simply impossible to do due to the fact that there are gonna be two Phainons in each cycles 1st one is Khaslana and the 2nd one is the Phainon of the current cycle. and the Phainon of the current cycle kills Khaslana to inherit the memories and the coreflames to become the new khaslana of the next cycle
2026-07-04 03:16:18
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skooter :
I think only seeing Phainon from other characters pov was kind of the point lowkey. Like idk if I’m going to explain this well, but he was always meant to be the “golden boy” and so he just did what people expected him to do. And once it’s revealed that he’s gone through so many cycles, it would make sense he would start to lose parts of himself until there’s essentially not a lot of his original self left. Wether that’s subconscious behavior or not, seeing him bounce off the characters around him, not only grounded the other characters to reality, but also built an understanding as to why he is the one who has to save them. I hope that made sense 💔
2026-07-04 15:15:12
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ayase :
imma be honest the only reason why i even paid attention to him was bc people were shipping him with stelle and i had to stake out my e-competition
2026-07-04 16:56:50
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juanjorestre6 :
what's that gameplay
2026-07-14 03:27:17
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yuro :
the only thing that bothers me is the lack of acknowledgement of phainon to the Smolrene and Bigrene shit, like they literally both started the loop and in the end phainon literally allow us to have 'private conversation' instead of him asking where his childhood friend goes, cause its literally not the deus ex machina in a wedding dress
2026-07-04 08:59:23
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Palat-Tiau :
I don't thimk Deja Vu would work since each Phainon in every cycle is a completely brand new copy.It would'nt make any sense.And I'm pretty sure the cycles are foreshadowed with the Scapegoat puzzle.
2026-07-04 00:41:45
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Boothill's bullets :
i doubt that amphoreus will get brought back since all characters we know are already dead
2026-07-03 22:40:58
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Alexzander :
He’s very manipulating but people don’t even know that😭
2026-07-04 15:04:31
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emily :
When we all agree hoyo just straight up can't write the world will be at peace
2026-07-04 17:28:20
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fw.starrkussy :
We love you Honkai Star Raizen 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💘💘💘💘💘💝💝
2026-07-03 23:05:11
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Hiyuki solos :
What do you think about the situation that’s going on about Love and Deepspace?
2026-07-04 22:30:57
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TAE :
obligatory comment
2026-07-04 03:36:12
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KNotSharing_ :
After 2 years Sunday remains the best written character imo
2026-07-04 00:36:30
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azafran :
same with cyrene
2026-07-04 03:20:02
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Alex :
Yeah like there are peak moments in the Amphoreus expan but a lot falls short imo Character design they are cool but I don't have much emotional ties to them, which is funny cause I do own half of them
2026-07-04 12:57:23
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mulan (evachella) :
You're so right on how the other Chrysos Heirs seemed more interesting than him because Cipher, Aglaea and Castorice intrigued me more than he did 😭
2026-07-04 11:57:57
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