Feiyun Family - Blog Posts

The second drawing I ever did of her particularly haunts me-

Looking at old art I did of the Feiyuns is so crazy, like I know I was still actively building and developing their characters - but when I look at old art of Valerie, all I can think to myself is like: she would NOT fucking do/say that!!! 😭😭😭

Looking at old art I did of the Feiyuns is so crazy, like I know I was still actively building and developing their characters - but when I look at old art of Valerie, all I can think to myself is: she would NOT fucking do/say that!!! 😭😭😭

Okay but like can I just say I feel so big brained rn, because when I made the first draft of Xingqiu’s family tree two years ago, and was doing Bingwen’s side of the family, and when I was making the notable members; Bingwen’s father specifically had one notable parent (their gender was unspecified at the time) - but I made it a point that there was a specific line; Xingqiu had a great grandparent from her grandfathers side…

I plan this out TWO YEARS before we were told about Xingqiu’s great grandfather of her grandfather, on her father’s side.. LIKE WHAT?????????

Updating the mapping for how many (notable) members are in Chongyun & Xingqiu’s family trees rn, and I’m doing Xingqiu’s first.. and omfg there’s already 20 people overall, 16 of just of Valerie’s side of the family (Xingqiu’s mother), WHICH ISN’T EVEN DONE YET-

“What if I gave Antoine a flat head..?” - Callie while drawing Xingqiu’s profile

// 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 !! — (the family pet)

Xingqiu’s 2024 birthday art is on my mind again, and how it (basically) confirmed that Xingqiu and her family own a cat, XINGQIU IS A CAT OWNER!!

(I haven’t seen anybody mention this fact anywhere, it might be because it feels more obvious to me from my perspective, but also I could just be missing them so who knows-)

Like besides very basic and obvious observations, to me in particular when she says: “𝐡𝐞𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲!” it feels like she’s very familiar with it, and its behaviour - LIKE THAT‘S HER BABY!!!!!

That quote is all we really have when it comes to little details about this cat, and its relations to the Feiyun family. All we know is that it seems to be very playful, and likes to get into “trouble” (sounds very similar to a certain someone…)

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I can give this little baby some more depth!!

Okay so since this is just a cat, there’s not much I have to do when comes to adding additions :)

And so rn what I have with hcs is: (first off w/ very basic stuff)

She’s female, she’s a little lady :3

Her name is ‘Hupo’ (琥珀 - hǔpò, “Amber” in Chinese), which her full name would be; Feiyun Hupo. (tysm to @kinun for suggesting/helping w/ the name^^)

She’s very playful and loves to cause mischief, but only really in front of the family or so - in front of strangers or just anyone not super close to her, her behaviour becomes very closed off, and comes off kind of a bit rude.

She’s maybe 3-4 years old?

Has an adorable frilly custom collar, matching the same of the Feiyun family style (very similar to Xingqiu’s aesthetic specifically.)

Okay now for more detailed stuff:

She’s a little princess, and is absolutely spoiled by Xingqiu, Xingqiu adores her (same with Hupo to Xingqiu). And even tho technically Hupo is the family pet, she’s basically Xingqiu’s cat.

Hupo was a street-cat and Xingqiu found her when she was a kitten. Xingqiu’s doll item mentioning about animal shelters and adopting, definitely tells us Xingqiu cares a lot about adopting animals; (to me)

So I definitely think Hupo was either adopted from a shelter or was found on the streets. I’m kind of leaning towards that she found her on the streets, looking a little worse for wear compare to the other cats walking around.

She was just a tiny little kitten all by herself, and Xingqiu found her while she was out-and-about (maybe during one of the times she snuck out, and was trying to hide more from Xu looking for her or something idk)

Okay as for this part, I haven’t fully fleshed out a lot of details as of this current moment, but after Xingqiu found her, she took her to professionals to help her and her condition - Hupo was too scared to go near anyone, except Xingqiu. And then sometime after that, Xingqiu decides to take her home, and even though her family is extremely strict - she was allowed to keep her in their house only because Xingqiu’s mother (Valerie) used to have a cat when she was very young, back when she lived in Fontaine, and thought maybe Hupo would take a strong liking to her, she misses that cat a lot.

That idea very quickly backfired. Hupo doesn’t like Valerie AT ALL-

And that’s pretty much all of the ideas and hcs I have as of rn :3

Get Xingqiu out of that goddamn house, I’m so fucking serious.

Finally getting around to drawing these dweebs, omgggg-

Need to redesign Xingqiu’s Mother, Father and Brother…

Xingqiu’s had a lot of changes when is comes to her design — + specific parts about her person — so I need to apply those characteristics to the others, and specifically for her mother and brother, I NEED TO COOK!!

I’m so annoyed rn, because I have a clear vision and vibe for the Feiyun family and Xingqiu’s relationship with all of them, but I’m unable to put anything into words so I can have it written down AND I’m unable to draw any of it.

Like the fact all of the ideas I have for the Feiyun family can’t be expressed in any other form that isn’t inside of my brain is so irritating-

// Lantern Rite day 1 — (about Chongqiu & the Feiyun family)

The footage I used for the screenshots are from here :)

First off; just Chongyun’s face and how he looks at Xingqiu the entire time she’s explaining the circumstances with her great-grandfather…….

And him being cautious about whether or not to relay what’s going on..

He’s so concerned and worried for how she’s feeling….. ☹️☹️☹️☹️

I love these type of moments a lot because it reminds you that they REALLY do care about each other a lot, they just love each other so much 🥲🥲 (I say this because sometimes it feels like some people forget that.. /lh)

It just makes me really happy to see, their love means a lot to me <33

And Chongyun saying he’s going with Xingqiu to check up on the room again, I just know it’s actually because he wants to be by Xingqiu’s side and to be there for her, he’s very clearly worryed about her and how she’s doing..

Even if she isn’t close with her great-grandfather, he wants to be there for her…

And I’m just thinking about the idea of them after they say goodbye to the Traveller & Paimon, and as they’re walking to her house; Chongyun sees Xingqiu looking down and appearing all gloomy, he asks again if she really is okay, and she says “Yes.” again, but Chongyun still doesn’t think so…

And he asks if she wants to hold his hand, and she gives a soft but pained smile and excepts it, and when she takes his hand she never lets go after that..

Also I want to talk about how I interpret Xingqiu’s relationship with her great-grandfather with my hcs for her family:

Xingqiu emphasising she’s “never been close with her great-grandfather” and how “he wasn’t speaking much by the time she was born”, implying the non-closeness derives from her just not interacting with him at all pretty much. And I find that very interesting when it comes to interpreting it and compared to her other relationships in the family…

I like to think this non-closeness for her great-grandfather doesn’t come from the same place as like her mother, brother or father (negative), and it is more neutral because compared to the other three; he never gave her a hard time growing up or in present day, because she never really got to interact with him in a proper way.

And because of that neutralness towards him rather than negative feelings, she is feeling a sense of fear for him - even if she isn’t close to him at all, and is trying to assure everyone that she’s okay, even though it’s clear that it is affecting her in someway. Because since it’s not deep rooted in negativity, it’s actually getting to her.

Also I kind of like to think that in the little times she did interact with him, he just lets her do what she wants because he’s old asf and could care less on what she does (even if her family says otherwise) - so she has respect for him on that front.

And this is pretty much everything I have to say rn, of course this is all only going by day 1, but I’m interested to see how this is going to progress :3

Edit: we didn’t get much more..

If there’s one thing I desperately want to make when it comes to the Feiyun Family, it’s a family portrait of them all - the painting of the family that they have in their house (because they’re rich asf so of course they would), but I haven’t been able to because I haven’t finalise their designs, and especially outfits for Xingqiu’s father and brother (I hate designing clothes for men)

Because the main idea I have for a piece like that, is Xingqiu’s face “not being herself” - Xingqiu has such a warm and happy smile when she’s with her friends, bc she’s able to be herself, but she can’t at home or with her family..

It’s so cold and uninviting, her beautiful smile is gone.. she’s not happy.

She’s ‘not being herself’…

Need to redesign Xingqiu’s Mother, Father and Brother…

Xingqiu’s had a lot of changes when is comes to her design — + specific parts about her person — so I need to apply those characteristics to the others, and specifically for her mother and brother, I NEED TO COOK!!

Need to redesign Xingqiu’s Mother, Father and Brother…

Xingqiu’s had a lot of changes when is comes to her design — + specific parts about her person — so I need to apply those characteristics to the others, and specifically for her mother and brother, I NEED TO COOK!!

It’s like late asf for me rn, and I just had the most insane ramblings to myself while listening to all of Xingqiu’s (menu) dialogue.

Like absolutely losing my shit over specific pieces of dialogue, with the small bit of connotations and implications, and what they could mean about her and her family, AND her family trouble’s (I love Xingqiu having awful family problems, she doesn’t like any of them <33) - and many other little quirks about her personality (she’s a fucking nerd)

I wish I could write down all of my ideas and hc’s that I have when it comes to the Feiyun family, and Xingqiu’s relationship with all of them… BECAUSE OH DO I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS.

↓ ↓ I love this little thing so much, she means everything to me ↓ ↓

I hc Xingqiu using she/they just fyi